Fisher-Price Code-a-Pillar
It's the essence of object-oriented programming: snapping together objects to make something perform tasks. There are lots of toys intended to stealthily teach kids the fundamentals of programming and robotics, but the eight-module Code-a-Pillar looks cute while doing it. And because there are no small parts, you don't have to worry about toddlers chowing down on the pieces. I kind of want one for myself. You'll be able to turn your kid into a coding butterfly starting in June, for $50 (about £35 or AU$70).
It crawls across your table, blinking and smiling. It turns and makes fun sounds. And this caterpillar is on a mission to teach your toddler coding.
Fisher-Price's big 2016 toy might be the Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar. It's hard to tell from a CES press event here in Las Vegas, but this toy is instantly cute. It's also reminiscent of classic toys of the past. And, in a small way, it's meant to inspire kids to understand coding.
Coming next June, the $50 toy comes with eight modules that snap together. Each one has a different function: turn left, turn right, make a funny sound. Depending on what order you plug Think & Learn together, it moves differently. In a way, it's similar to other kid-coding games like ThinkFun's Robot Turtles, and works a little like that old Logo turtle programming game I used in school about a million years ago.
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