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1ο Νηπιαγωγείο Μεγαλόπολης

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For the European Code Week, we suggest some activities to introduce children to the concept of coding.

•  We can start by watching the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZHBSxfamk. The children become robots, and we discuss with them how machines move.

• One child plays the role of the "robot," and another child or the teacher is the "programmer." The programmer must give simple commands, such as "take two steps forward," "turn right," etc., to guide the robot to reach a specific goal, like an object in the room. The commands must be given in the correct order (algorithm). 

• The children spin the wheel https://wordwall.net/el/resource/26632377  and move according to the command.

• We create a maze on the floor, and the child-robot must reach the exit by following the commands given by the other children (e.g., "go forward," "turn left").

Activities with the floor robot:

• We create a grid of squares where the robot will move.

• We place various images on the grid. The images show: a dog, a cat, rainy clouds, a bicycle, some birds, Santa Claus, a piano, drums, a mobile phone.

• We have created a sound wheel at https://wordwall.net/el/resource/14861644. One child spins the wheel, and a sound is heard. The children must find which image matches the sound. They then program the robot to reach the correct square on the grid.

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