What is Cubetto Flow?
Cubetto Flow is a screen-free coding toy that introduces young children to programming concepts in a fun, hands-on way. It consists of a robot named Cubetto, an interface board, and color-coded blocks that snap together to create programs.
Children arrange the wooden block commands to make Cubetto move, act, and respond. For example, they can string together a blue block, green block, and yellow block to instruct Cubetto to move forward, turn right, then stop. As they snap blocks into the interface board, kids can see their program and use logic to build sequences that accomplish goals.
As Cubetto moves across the playmat based on the block programming, kids gain an understanding of cause and effect relationships in coding. The tangible nature of fitting blocks together makes abstract programming concepts concrete. It gets kids started early with computational thinking skills like sequencing, debugging, problem decomposition, and pattern recognition.
Cubetto Flow teaches the fundamentals of coding while keeping screen time to a minimum. With open-ended play, it can suit children ages 3 to 6 but remains engaging as kids' programming abilities advance. Educators also use Cubetto in early childhood classrooms and coding curriculums to lay foundations in computer science.