Producers from WGBH and Kentucky Educational Television and researchers from EDC have been collaborating on the research and development of brand-new computational thinking activities for preschoolers! These fun hands-on activities and apps (not yet published) were all created as part of a research project funded by the National Science Foundation called Integrating Computational Thinking into Mathematics Instruction in Rural and Urban Preschools.
Preschoolers can learn debugging and math through these fun activities:
Children fix sound shakers that don’t make sounds.
Monkey Dance
Children practice a two-step dance and identify mistakes in the teacher’s dance steps.
Monkey Bridge
Children fix a bridge that won’t stand up.
Colorful Caterpillars
Children debug clay caterpillars with colorful patterns.
Road Repair
Children use geometric shapes to fix holes in a road so a car can get across. Get a glimpse of the debugging app in development.
See how these activities are part of a larger computational thinking preschool curriculum in this Teacher Guide.
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