I’d recommend them all for different reasons, not least because they encourage kids to look up from their screens. Here are robots I’ve used in my RafiaKids STEM maker and coding classes. Shop around as you could find your local Barnes & Noble offers as good if not better a deal than the go-to online retailers. It's a great time to buy as all companies will be doing Christmas gift-inspired discounts. Especially in the run-up to holidays, parents of students often ask me to recommend educational robots. Robots are a great intro to programming for kids of any age. If you have requests for classes or suggestions for how this would work best for your own student, please email us at and well wishes

We see exciting steps being made towards blended learning, education delivered through a mix of in-person and online. Meantime, we are putting together ideas for what part TinkerTech will play in the future of STEAM education and enrichment programming.

The Scratch Level 2 class is suitable for TinkerTech Grades 3-5 Invent and Code or Fun with Robots students and others who have done some Scratch before. Thursdays 3pm: Code Games in Scratch Level 2 - Grades 3-5 Wednesdays 3pm: Code Games in Scratch Level 1 - Beginners - Grades 1-2 - Girls only Tuesdays 4pm: Code Games in Scratch Level 1 - Beginners - Grades 1-2 Please join us! Places are limited to 6 students per session and are offered on a first come first served basis. Each class is one hour per week and will be delivered by our regular TinkerTech teachers on zoom.

Our online small group coding classes start the week of May 11th.

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