Coding Critters is a new toy set from Learning Resources to promote coding for preschool and kindergarten children. There are several sets of animal friends to choose from and we chose the dogs. It retails for $39.99. The other sets have fewer pieces and cost a bit less. Packaging was easy to open and the pieces easy to assemble.
The larger and main animal takes three (3) AAA batteries, which are not included. The big dog is the coding robot. With directional arrows on its back, a child can easily press and enter the path they want the toy to take. To familiarize kids with usage, a short story with instructions using the characters is included. There are directional paw prints to help little ones visually lay out the path they want the animal to take before they enter commands. Along with the coding mode, there is also a "play" mode, allowing for more interaction.
The main animal has a smaller friend to interact with via a magnet in their noses. Our small friend is a puppy. The other plastic play pieces in our set are a dog house, a slide, a teeter totter, a ball, and a bone. The slide has a little "house" at the top that is easily lifted off the slide, which my children were frequently asking me to fix.
Besides the cardstock paw prints, there is also a cardstock tree and a fire hydrant. Both stand with the help of a plastic disc base. I found that the tree, which is large at the top, needs a larger base to be more stable. Our tree was also bent in half within a few moments of play. My kids quickly incorpirated other ibjects for the dogs to mive around and avoid. In my opinion, both tree and hydrant could easily have been left out and would not have been missed.
I tried the set with my three and four year olds. They had a lot of fun choosing directions for the dog. The three year old really enjoys the "dance" mode. My six year old wanted to try it out as well and enjoyed determining the dog's path.
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Coding Critters Ranger & Zip
Preschoolers learn real early coding skills as they follow the storybook coding adventures of Ranger & Zip, your first coding friends from Learning Resources!
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Award-WInning Preschool Coding!Awarded Preschool Toy of the Year in 2020, the Coding Critters introduce kids as young as 4 to coding fundamentals! |
Storybook Coding Adventures!As kids follow along with Ranger & Zip's storybook coding adventures, they'll code the pups to solve STEM challenges and build new skills! |
Interactive Pets!When Ranger's in Play Mode, kids can feed, pet, and take care of their robot puppy pal! |
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Screen-Free Early CodingHelp kids learn a vital 21st-century skill with this toy that introduces logical, sequencing, and early coding fundamentals without the need for a tablet or screen! |
Critical ThinkingThis toy helps kids become sharp, critical thinkers by teaching them sequential thought, problem solving, and other essential skills! |
ObservationFrom measurement and comparison to cause and effect, this toy teaches kids valuable ways to observe, record, and analyze the world around them! |
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| CODING CRITTERS: RANGER & ZIP | BOTLEY THE CODING ROBOT 77 PC, SET | CODE & GO ROBOT MOUSE ACTIVITY SET | BOTLEY THE CODING ROBOT | |
| Min Target Age | 4 Years | 5 Years | 4 Years | 5 Years |
| Features | EARLY CODING SKILLS: Code along with your first coding friends and their screen-free storybook coding adventure | EARLY STEM SKILLS: Botley helps your child learn early STEM skills while playing and having fun. He teaches kids to code with active, screen-free play that's perfect for promoting critical thinking and problem solving skills | DEVELOPS: Critical Thinking, Coding Skills and Problem Solving | EARLY STEM SKILLS: Botley helps your child learn early STEM skills while playing and having fun. He teaches kids to code with active, screen-free play that's perfect for promoting critical thinking and problem solving skills |
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This coding game has a play mode and a coding mode. The coding mode is super simple, it has not been a challenge at all for our 4 year old daughter. I think a more appropriate age would be 3+ Years but she does enjoy playing with the puppies and the accessories it came with.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 23, 2019
