Teaching CS to Young Learners with MO CS Standards

This session will help guide educators through activities tailored to the Missouri Computer Science Standards and aimed at young learners. This event is designed to help educators and libraries get age-specific coding activities into their learning environment. Participants will experience pre-reader tools like Cubetto by Primo Toys and indi by Sphero, easy-to-use block coding through the Scratch Junior coding app, and scalable options like Ozobot, iRobot’s coding robot Root and Sphero Bolt.  Code.org’s resources (tailored to young learners with little-to-no programming experience) will also be highlighted. Participants will be given time to explore and create using different technologies and computer science resources.