{Coding} Sony’s 300 building block coding kit

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Designed for kids ages eight and up, the Educator Kit contains over 300 building blocks and 30 hours of educational STEAM curriculum to teach kids Scratch, an introductory programming language on the KOOV app to control the robots they build. There’s 23 different robots you can make using pre-coded “Robot Recipes”, which are jumping-off points for kids to use those skills to build their own original robots. The KOOV app also includes class management software, and works on Windows, MacOS, and iOS, with Chromebook support to come.

Source: Sony’s KOOV is a 300+ piece coding kit for kids to bring blocky robots to life – The Verge

Although the $519 pricetag is a little steep, this looks like it could be very cool to use!

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