Wonder for Dash and Dot Robots
By Amanda Bindel,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Cute robots + simple coding with option to save programs.
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What’s It About?
With WONDER FOR DASH AND DOT ROBOTS, kids use a coding language to drag commands into order for Dash or Dot to complete. Kids complete puzzles to learn hands-on what the robots can do. As they complete the quests, memories that tell the story of Dash and Dot's invention are unlocked along with different special abilities. Using commands to control lights, colors, sounds, motions, movements, and special effects, kids can make Dash or Dot complete all kinds of fun routines and save them to the robot so they can show off with the touch of a button.
Is It Any Good?
This fun and kid-friendly introduction to robotics is absolutely adorable with Dash and Dot's darling personalities. The visual commands are easy to pick up on but are still challenging enough to engage older kids. With more than 300 puzzles plus the option to make your own programs, the possibilities for creative and technical fun are endless. Taking the fun of Blockly for Dash & Dot Robots one step further, this installment includes a fun narrative element and the option to transfer a routine to the robot so it can run without the app: Kids simply press the top button on the robot to run the program. Kids will have lots of others ways to customize programs by putting together different movements, sounds, and colors -- even recording their own sound effects. Though the robots are prohibitively expensive for many families, the potential for learning and fun is great, and perhaps the prices will fall over time.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about their visions of what robots will do for humans in the future. Ask kids how a robot would make life easier or more complicated.
Show kids how circuits work using copper wire and batteries to complete simple circuits, and help them understand more about how electronics work.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPad
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: logic, thinking critically, Creativity: innovation, producing new content, Tech Skills: digital creation, using and applying technology
- Pricing structure: Free (Requires a Dash or Dot robot, which retail for $49.99–$199.99.)
- Release date: October 19, 2015
- Category: Education
- Topics: Robots
- Publisher: Wonder Workshop
- Version: 1.1.10
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 8.0 or later
- Last updated: October 28, 2021
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