Bee Bots - learning without the mats
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 12:28PM I was wondering the other day what or how to use the Bee-Bots without mats with Reception aged children. The thing is, the children have never seen them before let alone used them. So, do I hold off and wait till my support staff have made the mats and roadways or let them play and explore?
So, I decided to make these pages as a collection of Bee-Bot Resources based on my past experiences with all the obstacles and mats versus the home made approach from other teachers around the world.
The first is a video from Clive Dawes at the Kellet School in Hong Kong where he has just set the Bee-Bots up and let them dance.
The Plan, therefore, is to play and explore then pair the children up and get them to copy each other. A simple 30minute plan.
1. Show Clive's Video. Let the children Play. Remind them of the Clear Button.
2. Patterns - back and forth counting steps to 3.
3. Patterns left and right.
4. Pair up. Copy a 'Dance'
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