Kano Harry Potter Coding Kit – Build a wand. Learn to code. Make magic

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A few months back, Kano launched a DIY touchscreen computer kit to help anyone — but especially kids — learn to code. It was at this point I started paying attention to the battery life of the wand — the two AAA batteries were dead. Once you’ve built your wand, learn to code, and make magic, with 25 official Harry Potter spell motions, 200+ sounds, creatures, artefacts and backgrounds inspired by the Wizarding World. With a background in neuroscience, she is passionate about sharing her love of all things STEM with her kids. Code your own creations with 25 official Harry Potter spell motions, 200+ sounds, creatures, artefacts and backgrounds inspired by the Wizarding World.

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For the most part, the app is beautifully done, based on a map with a series of challenges set in Diagon Alley, Hogwarts, Hogsmeade and around. Bring your kit to life, make lights flash, use motion sensors, move, wave, and play while learning to code. Create your avatar, earn rewardsThe more challenges you do, the more medals, costumes, creatures, and accessories for your Kano profile you’ll earn.The Kano Harry Potter Coding Kit might not have the entertaining robot ball antics of the Sphero Bolt, but it’s a cool – and slightly cheaper – way to get into programming, and one that comes with an extra splash of wizardry and magic. Conventional wisdom holds that it’s easier to learn something when you’re young, be that tennis, a new language, or, indeed, software development. Level up slowly through 70 step-by-step coding challenges, whilst learning about loops, logic, and variables. By the time you’ve finished with a Kano product you will be able to build a real application, understand and use concepts like control flow, iteration, logic, data scripts and use javascript,” explains Klein. Importantly, they can also, at any time, start creating their own projects, using the different sprite objects and backgrounds to build their own.

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Coding toys offer a fantastic way to spark a child’s interest in coding and ignite their passion for technology.They may also use conditional statements, to get their wand to perform different tricks based on which motion of the wand is performed. This demonstrates that the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer are all working for accurate detection of direction and motion. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. After turning on the app, you will start by tackling some of the 70+ challenges on the Kano coding app. By the time you and your kids have put the thing together, you’ll already have the sense that you created something interesting.