720558Primo Playset - Kinesthetic Educational Tool Teaching Programming Logic To 4-7 Year OldsClosedGRD Development of PrototypeInnovate UKThe Primo Playset is an engaging, tactile and kinesthetic educational tool, intuitively using a child’s natural curiosity to teach programming at an early age. Aimed at early learning environments, with no dependency on written language, it teaches algorithms through discovery and physical play, by chaining together pieces on an interface board. Each piece symbolises an instruction: turn left, right, move forward, repeat, causing Cubetto, a little robot, to perform ever more complex sequences of actions. This forms the basis of a complex ecosystem, built with open technologies, that fosters the creative “hacker” culture in future generations, offering significant economic, societal and technological benefits. Open sourced using the Creative Commons license[2], the Primo Playset allows schools and children to fully exploit and share their modifications and derivative works. Teachers who’ve tried our early proof of concept are excited, here’s what they have to say: Primo is an innovative way to introduce learners to programming, [..] Although designed for young learners, I have seen pupils with a range of special needs [..] immediately engaged and focused when using it John Galloway, ICT/SEN and Inclusion Teacher The beauty and simplicity of this programmable toy is exactly what i am looking for to encourage and promote the logic of coding in our youngest learners Amy Dugre, Willows Community School We are so excited to be a customer of Primo as they are the first company to develop a robot for the early childhood market. Young children need a hands on product that will produce immediate results so that it can hold their interest. It also helps build their cognitive skills and allows them as young children to be creative Anne Aherne, Daly - Willows Community School Primo is a learning tool like no other. It invites children to explore programming in a developmentally appropriate experience that is challenging and exciting Brian Puerling, Catherine Cook Schools