Cubetto

By Primo Toys
Price $225.00
Age 3-6 yrs.

There is something powerfully endearing about Cubetto, a wooden robot whose simple, exterior belies its capabilities. By placing different colored blocks into slots in the accompanying board (control panel), kids program Cubetto to perform various movements. Each colored block sends Cubetto a different instruction, and the order in which they are placed on the board dictate the order of those movements. Green means forward, red means right, yellow left. Each blue block (known as functions), triggers a sequence of movements programmed elsewhere on the board. Both Cubetto and the control panel have the look and feel of a purely physical toy for the very young, a design to which children respond with familiarity, pleasure, and joy. Cubetto is quite remarkable in its ability to engage kids aged 3 to 6 in active coding through hands-on play. The inclusion of a full-color Story Book (Cubetto's First Day) and a World Map that acts as Cubetto's playground promote storytelling, spatial awareness, and problem-solving in addition to logical thinking and programming skills.