Robot Turtles
Robot Turtles from ThinkFun is a board game that teaches young children the fundamentals of programming without a screen. An adult or older child sets up a maze on the board, and each young player lays down code cards such as move forward, turn left and turn right to steer their turtle to a jewel. As they progress, children move from simple sequences of commands to ideas like debugging mistakes and using functions to repeat steps. The box contains a game board, 40 game tiles, 4 Robot Turtle tiles, 4 jewel tiles and 4 code card decks of 45 cards each, for two or more players. The game takes moments to learn and can be replayed with new mazes, making it a practical unplugged-coding activity for kindergarten and early-primary classrooms, where teachers can guide small groups through increasingly challenging levels.





