Coding
Bee-Bot
Young children tap forward, back and turn arrows to steer a cheerful bee across a grid toward a flower.
Anyone who has walked into an early-years classroom may recognize the yellow-and-black Bee-Bot floor robot; this is its app version. A bee waits on a grid, and kids map out a route with arrow buttons – forward, back, turn left, turn right – before pressing go and watching it trundle along, one step at a time, to a flower or target square. When the bee lands somewhere unexpected, they clear the route and try again, which looks a lot like early debugging. Levels stretch from a couple of moves to longer paths with turns, so counting, left and right and thinking ahead all get practice. The pace is calm and the screens are uncluttered. TTS describes it as made for children from about four, and it seems a gentle fit for kids who are not yet reading.
- Ages
- Ages 4+
- Works on
- iPhone and iPad app
- Topics
- Coding, Early learning
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-18
What kids do
- Tap arrows to map out the bee’s route
- Count the steps needed to reach a flower
- Redo a route that ends in the wrong square
- Practice left and right turns on the grid
Who it suits
Ages 4+. The publisher provides this age guidance.
Notes for parents
Published by TTS, which also makes the classroom Bee-Bot robot, so it may feel familiar to kids who have met one at school. Play is driven by arrows and pictures rather than words.
What you need
- iPad or iPhone
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