The children have been working with a variety of materials, tools and technologies that promote creative and critical thinking.  They also encourage problem solving skills (persevering when something doesn’t work and being flexible enough to try different ways of doing things) and working effectively in a group (working respectfully and constructively with others).  These were the challenges presented to the children;

• Keva Blocks – create a structure by stacking wood planks using no glue or connectors
• Snap Circuits – build a variety of circuits that do something like turn on a light or run a fan
• Coding Safari – learn the fundamentals of coding through this animal themed logic game
• Chatter Pix – use oral language skills to create a picture that talks
• Marble works – create a structure that uses chain reactions to move a marble through chutes
• Bee Bots – program the little robot to move in many directions  (a pre-cursor to coding)