KIBO Playbook
Instructional Videos
Playlist
Use the video as an introduction to learn about KIBO and how it introduces coding and sequencing to children ages 4 – 7.
Watch Wanderful Memories show boys playing and exploring with KIBO.
See how KIBO is used to engineer a dance routine. The Engineering Desing Process is highlighted as each step is carried out. This video illustrates how young students can easily utilize the Engineering Desing Process to create and innovate!
The Tufts University Jumbo mascot learns 5 “Powerful Ideas” of coding with the KIBO Robot! This video demonstrates Modularity by using the KIBO Robotics Kit to break down a trip to order ice cream into separate steps of a sequence.
This video provides an overview of KIBO in a professional development program for early childhood educators, organized by Dr. Heather McKeen of Columbus State University in Columbus GA.
Check out this video to see how a Preschool Classroom in Boise, Idaho learned about Chinese New Year using KIBO and books. This is an excellent STEAM unit for PreK.
Check out this video to learn 3 interconnected benefits of early robotics – self expression & literacy, playful learning, & hands-on imaginative making.
This is the fifth video in a series of videos on how to use the KIBO robot. This video introduces the three sensors found in the KIBO kit.
Teaching Resources
Snow Plow Activity
The Challenge: The city is covered in snow, and KIBO will help clean up! We will build, test, and improve a KIBO snowplow using the Engineering Design Process.
Download this free sample activity from the 2nd Edition of Kinder Lab Robotics’ popular KIBO Activity Cards for hours of student engagement and fun at school or at home with KIBO!
Design a Kibo Dancer
The Challenge: Use KIBO to repeat a pattern of blocks over and over with a repeat loop by creating a repeating dance routine.
Download this free sample activity from the 2nd Edition of Kinder Lab Robotics’ popular KIBO Activity Cards for hours of student engagement and fun at school or at home with KIBO!
Kibo Activity Cards
Download these activity cards from Rivka Heisler (SAR Academy) for self-directed / independent exploration of KIBO in an “activity corner” setting. With these cards students can identify shapes, program, count, and much more. Use them as a center or a main lesson, it is up to you.
Lesson Ideas
Download this X Marks the Spot Challenge
Discover all the ways to make it to the “X” marked location. This lesson also has an accompanying video that you can watch here. It is Challenge #4, provided by Makerspace for Education.
Download the KIBO Community Lesson Plan
Using or creating a community type floor map, students can turn KIBO into a ‘car’ or ‘bus’ and make their way around the community to understand how their lives relate to a larger community and world.
Download the KIBO Zoo Lesson Plan
KIBO can be decorated as a zoo animal the child is learning about or is interested in, they can create their “habitat” and program their KIBO to act as that animal in this STEAM activity. This lesson is aligned to the Common Core, ITEAA, and K–12 CS frameworks.
Download this Cross-Curricular Social Studies Lesson
Students will learn how to create a program to express an idea (in this case, a dance) while deepening their understanding of the music and cultural customs.
Download the Measure & Mark Math Lesson
Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. This lesson explores Math & Science.
