Coding
Ozobot
Kids draw lines and colored codes with markers for a tiny robot to follow, then try block coding on a screen.
Ozobot Evo is a robot roughly the size of a golf ball that rides along lines drawn on paper. A child sketches a track with a marker and the robot zips along it; add short patterns of colored dashes, which Ozobot calls Color Codes, and it speeds up, spins, turns or zigzags. That puts coding into a pen before a screen is involved at all. In the Evo app, kids can launch the robot from target to target and design custom tricks, while Ozobot Blockly lets them drag blocks for lights, moves and sounds. Online, the Ozobot Challenges offer 30 levels of coding puzzles that need no robot. The company frames its range from preschool to eighth grade, and the marker activities in particular look like an easy entry point for younger children.
- Ages
- Preschool through middle school
- Works on
- iPhone and iPad app; Web browser
- Topics
- Coding, Making, Art
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-18
What kids do
- Draw a marker track for Evo to follow
- Add Color Codes that make the robot spin and speed up
- Program lights and moves in Ozobot Blockly
- Work through the 30 online Ozobot Challenges
Who it suits
Preschool through middle school.
Notes for parents
Color Codes use ordinary paper and markers, so a lot of early play happens away from the screen. The Ozobot Challenges open in a browser without the robot.
What you need
- Ozobot Evo robot
- Markers and paper
- iPhone, iPad or computer for block coding
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