Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi I have just purchased one and would like to hear ideas that have worked for you and your children. I have children aged 3 to 5yrs. Thanks in advance! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catma Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 taping intersecting paths with masking tape into builders tray and then having a couple of favourite toys for the beebot to visit in different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fimbo Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 we also ordered a clear grid type mat with ours and its fab. we put photos of the children under the clear grid and they have to try and programme it to go to specific children that they name or we name. put pictures of shapes, numbers, locations in your setting / outside / local town /village etc put their namecards under -see if they can recognise their name , letters / sounds etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meridian Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 we also ordered a clear grid type mat with ours and its fab.we put photos of the children under the clear grid and they have to try and programme it to go to specific children that they name or we name. put pictures of shapes, numbers, locations in your setting / outside / local town /village etc put their namecards under -see if they can recognise their name , letters / sounds etc some good ideas thank you!...any ideas how to get children/staff to remember to turn them off when they're finished using them?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Teach them the handling process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Good point Susan! Our Beebot's are used fairly regularly and still the children have difficulties in handling them properly. We tend to use ours more for taking turns and planning a route then counting number of presses, but there are some fab ideas here which I will definitely look into using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 We made a numberline (15cm squares if my memory serves me correctly for Beebot step), some to 10, some to 20 to differentiate - start beebot on zero - turn up a number card and work out how many steps to get to that number, it then gets more interesting with following numbers - does it move forwards or backwards, is it moving to a bigger or smaller number, is the next number more or less (or fewer - always struggle with that word) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) We also got a handy parent to cut a perspex cover to the size of the grids so beebot can move smoothly over the table and pictures Edited January 10, 2012 by laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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