Computing · Stage 1

Review: Coding & Creating

First Steps · review · robots, drawing, typing & saving

✦ Computing📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~8 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
recall the Term 2 skills — ordering robot steps, drawing, typing neatly and saving
Kavi the owl for Computing
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Kavi Looks Back

Kavi flew up to a branch to think about everything from Term 2. "I told the robot clear steps, I drew with colours, I typed my name with a capital, I took a photo, and I saved my work!" Some of those are coding and some are creating. Let's remember them all together.

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What your child will learn

1Two kinds of tech skillsCoding is putting steps in order and fixing bugs. Creating is making things — drawing, typing, photos. Tap the right box for each one.
2The robot does exactly your stepsA computer follows your steps in order — change the order and you change what happens. Tap each one.
3Make and save a drawingHere is a little program that uses your creating skills. Press ▶ Run and watch Kavi draw and save.
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A peek inside

A robot follows your steps in what order?
top to bottom, one at a time

Try this at home: A robot does your steps in what order?

Ready to play and learn?

Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.

Part of Computing · Stage 1 · S1 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.