Lesson 3 of 8 3 min read Free course

Robot, go!

Tap two arrows, press Go, and watch the robot follow them — a first program.

Do this together

The robot wants the star. Ask, "Which way does it need to go?" Let the child tap the arrow buttons — each tap adds one step — then press Go and watch the robot follow the steps.

A robot on a grid, a star two squares to the right, and two right-arrow steps

Get the robot to the star. Tap the arrows, then Go.

Grown-up tip

If the robot goes the wrong way, that is not a mistake to fix quickly — it is the whole lesson. Ask, "What happened? What should we change?"

For the grown-up

This is a free activity 3 of 8 in Little Coders: First Patterns, Sorting and Sequences — Eight picture activities for ages 3–5 — no reading, no account, nothing saved. A grown-up reads one line; the child taps. You read the one-line prompt aloud and your child taps the answer; there is nothing to install, the child needs no account of their own, and nothing they do is stored.

Tip: If the child wants the same activity again and again, that is the point — repetition is how sequencing sticks at this age.

A few minutes at a time is plenty, and doing the same activity again is good — repetition is how these first ideas stick. When your child is ready for short sentences and their own typing, the paid courses for older ages carry on from here. See how we handle children's data on our privacy page.