Ozobot Fun
One of the most amazing things is watching my kindergarteners learn and become experts in coding! Last year, our librarian/tech facilitator purchased a few Ozobots for the school and my kids loved being able to code the little robots! We talked about how to code, and they mastered it so quickly!
Intro to Ozobots
One of the first things I do to get my little ones ready to learn how to code is to show them this little powerpoint on Coding 101.





Holiday Ozobot Mazes
Since then, I made my own Christmas-themed and Gingerbread Ozobot mazes. The kids are going to have so much fun sounding out the CVC words, and learning to code their maze! I plan to have them work in groups of 4 or 5 and practice coloring the codes. Then, we’ll take turns sounding out each CVC word, and if it is part of the word family, they will choose a code to color, if it is not in the word family, then they will color it black. Each maze comes with a quick note to the teacher, a coding guide, and multiple versions of the coding maze – everything you need to have a successful time coding.

Holidays Around the World Coding
During December, I also do a Holidays Around the World Unit for my littles and we travel (using Google Earth) all over the world! As we visit each different country, we learn about their culture and traditions. So to coordinate with our learning, I also made some Ozobot mazes for the countries we visit.
Dr. Seuss Coding
During Read Across America Week, we read all things Dr. Seuss! During the week, we talked about all kinds of rhyming words, nonsense words, and reviewed our CVC short vowel families. We had a blast reading Hop on Pop, Cat in the Hat, Fox in Socks, etc. After reading, we made a list of words, and then started coding! I printed a few of the Ozobot Rhyming Mazes, and laminated them for durability. The kids kept their coding page on the desk and could pick and choose their codes for each rhyming word.

Teacher Tip: Although the Ozobot markers are recommended for coding, I have found that regular Crayola red, green, blue, and black markers work well for the coding mazes – and save money, too!
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