Robotics in Infant School

At Infant School, we work with half the group at a time to guarantee closer attention and to ensure that all children can directly experiment with the robots: program them, make hypotheses, test them, and solve small challenges. This work in small groups allows us to listen to their reasoning, accompany them in the discovery process, and foster cooperation and communication among peers. The following week, we do the activity again with the other half of the group to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to learn.

Blue-Bots are educational bee-shaped robots designed especially for children. Unlike other devices, they allow simple movements to be programmed using a panel of physical buttons located on the top, which makes it easier to understand computational thinking in a concrete and hands-on way. Each command (forward, backward, 90º turns, etc.) can be combined to create sequences of instructions, which helps students anticipate, plan, and verify their actions.

Thanks to these robots, children develop essential skills such as problem-solving, sequential logic, spatial orientation, and creativity, while learning to make mistakes, analyse them, and correct them—a fundamental step in any learning process.

This activity is part of our commitment to competency-based and meaningful learning, promoting the conscious, critical, and creative use of technology from the earliest stages of education.