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Sean Lynch
@techniq.dev

Proud father moment. My daughter won the Think Award at the robotics state championship! She put in so much effort to learn and build their autonomous code and had a lot of setbacks, but all her hard work and many hours finally paid off on the big stage. Her team did amazing for their first year!

Sean Lynch
@techniq.dev

We have a robotics club setup at the elementary and middle schools. My son was on the original 2 teams (we've since grown to 6 teams). We compete in VEX IQ (plastic pieces, block/scratch programming) but there is also VEX V5RC (metal/python/c). We also participate in National Beta club.

Sean Lynch
@techniq.dev

We've bought A LOT of different robot kits over the years. A really good one to get started with programming and just having fun is the Makeblock mBot. www.amazon.com/dp/B00SK5RUQ...

amazon.comMakeblock mBot Robot Kit, Robotics for Kids Ages 8-12 Learn to Code with Scratch & Arduino, STEM Toys Science Kits for Kids Age 8-12 Boys and Girls Age 8+Amazon.com: Makeblock mBot Robot Kit, Robotics for Kids Ages 8-12 Learn to Code with Scratch & Arduino, STEM Toys Science Kits for Kids Age 8-12 Boys and Girls Age 8+ : Toys & Games
Sean Lynch
@techniq.dev

Last year is when my daughter started learning coding concepts via mBot (when she was in 3rd grade). My son has been doing it for 4 years (5th - 8th grade) and he also loved making games on Scratch's website (scratch.mit.edu) or Microsoft's MakeCode (arcade.makecode.com).

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