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What is KUBO Coding?
KUBO is an educational hands-on and digital coding solution providing everything you need to get to grips with coding and computational thinking designed specifically for kids aged 4 to 10+.
Students are taught how to code through KUBOs unique TagTile® programming language making KUBO the only puzzle-like coding concept in the world – Literally making coding as easy as snapping together the pieces of a puzzle in order to create a sequence of code.
Recommended Usage
KUBO curriculum can be easily embedded into weekly teaching programs, so that coding literacy becomes as natural as learning ABC.
Educational Impact
 Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10 |
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 Requirements | Teachers need no previous experience of coding and there is no need for computers or software installation. This is a table top, out-of-the-box, screen-free solution that can be up and running in minutes. There are short video tutorials online, introducing the basic KUBO coding principles of the puzzle-like TagTiles(R). There are also simple quick start guides that are printable, and full lesson plans at www.kubo.education. The materials introduce programming routes, functions, subroutines and loops and challenges range from very simple to advanced, for students across KS1 and KS2. |
 Training | We estimate that teachers new to coding and KUBO can be up and running within 40 minutes. They can work their way through the online video tutorials and download a quick start guide pdf, which is enough to get started. For more detailed information and classroom tips, they should review the online lesson plans. Called "The Coding License", these include comprehensive Teachers Guides, with extension activities and assessment tasks. They also identify the Computer Science curriculum targets covered by lessons. |
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KUBO Coding Reviews
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May 2021
Dan found KUBO Coding:
- Significantly improves attainment“Children have a much better understanding of coding and the skills learnt with KUBO are transferable.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Children work in pairs with KUBO.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The KUBO website is packed with lesson plans and slides.”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“KUBO have a course for teachers to complete where they are taught how to use it.”
Apr 2021
It is engaging for the children. There are lots of activities and differentiated extras that mean it can be used by different year groups and abilities.
Soraya Beech found KUBO Coding:
- Significantly improves attainment“understanding of coding and algorithms”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“the children are using coding language in a "play"setting.”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“The children have worked in small groups of 4/5 with a teacher or in pairs.”
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“At the moment a teacher needs to be with the activity but as the children become more familiar with how Kubo works, they could be left to solve problems and work out solutions therefore reducing the time needed by the teacher. Discussion with pupils is vital though to get them to explain how they did a task.”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“The lessons are well thought out and easy to follow.”
Apr 2021
If a colleague would look for a simple, straight forward way of introducing coding to young children I would definately recommend KUBO. I also like that there is a digital solution but it can also be used completly without any devices, hands-on and coding with tiles. So kids can experience coding without extra screen time.
Theresa found KUBO Coding:
- Significantly improves attainment“Used it with unversity students as an example for digital, creative learning while students are not at school. It was a positive example how problem solving can still be thaught from afar - although a mixture of hands-on and homelearning were the prefered option.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“A very good and simple introduction to coding.”
- Moderately increases student collaboration“Yes, if students work together, but can also be used alone.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“After an initial explaination, KUBO can be used by the children themselves. Trial and fail can be used.”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge and skills“KUBO has a lot of info for teachers and the KUBO academy - so there is loads to learn about how to teach coding but also how to cross curricular teach coding. But I don't think a teacher would learn a lot about coding themselves here - as said, it is a first coding experience, which will be quickly understood by the teacher.”
Apr 2021
It is a fantastic piece of kit, that promotes problem solving and collaboration across all year groups.
Laura Hird found KUBO Coding:
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Problem solving”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“It makes them problem solve together and they have to form their sentences correctly to get their point across”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Everything is there, lesson plans, resources etc”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“Through detailed lesson plans and help on the website”
Apr 2021
High quality product, even the box/case is really smart looking and easy to store, Kubo himself is easy to use, children love it, it's encouraging learning without them knowing!
Joanne found KUBO Coding:
- Moderately improves attainment“Confidence using computational language which is then applicable to Maths”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Knowledge of how computers rely on algorithms to follow a human's instructions”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Teamwork skills are needed to debug and refine errors in programming”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“The training that came with our Kubo was invaluable in making me feel confident to then deliver training to the year groups teams within school who would be using this kit.”
Apr 2021
Very practical and clear resource that helps to establish concrete understanding of coding and debugging.
Richard found KUBO Coding:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Help with planning and preparing resources”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“Subject specific vocabulary and concept of debugging”
- Slightly saves school money“One time cost”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Children are able to share solutions and ideas for coding a lab algorithm.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Subject specific vocabulary, debugging process and problem solving.”
Apr 2021
Although not the cheapest on the market, the ease of use and available resources make it a far superior alternative for beginners or those advanced coders.
Chris Bing found KUBO Coding:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Very helpful tool for block coding in KS1”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“Knowledge can begin at a very basic Foundation Stage level and progress easily to KS2”
- Does not significantly save school money“At a costing of £2,500 for 12 learning packs (enough for us to have 1 between 2) it is a slightly more expensive alternative than other models on the market, but the hands on experience is vastly different”
- Moderately increases student collaboration“Students working in partners to try and solve and create their own coding works amazingly well”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“From KS1's first experience with block coding the tiles are a fantastic way to represent each line of code”