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Exploring my favourite programmable toy- the tiny robot Beebot !

My inspiration today for writing this piece of blog is a tiny baby robot called Beebot that we have introduced in our early year classes. The more I play with it the more I end up loving the gadget. The more I explore the more I am amazed with its hidden potential to engage kids in innovative and creative learning experiences.  Why beebots? This programmable toy robot was awarded as the most impressive hardware for kindergarten and early primary school children on the World Education Technology market BETT 2006. It works on the principle of Logo (programming language designed by Seymour Pappert in 1967, has an easy to use user interface, a few simple to use keys, remembers 40 instructions, has a bee like structure).  Research says that children need to learn in a concrete learning environment, to create hands on experiences with their surroundings (Beaty, 1984), so our Beebot seems to be a good choice here since it lets children manipulate them through programming, help t