Key product features and contents

• Includes 234 LEGO® DUPLO® bricks
• Key features include Push & Go train with lights and sounds, a motor, a colour sensor that interacts with 5 coloured action bricks, and 2 railroad switches
• Easy in-the-box getting started materials include: Getting Started activities, an introduction guide, a large poster, and 6 building inspiration cards to build 12 unique models
• The Teacher Guide includes 8 online lessons: 4 lessons for use with the physical set, and 4 lessons for use with the digital app
• 8 short online video tutorials
• Free optional app for iOS and Android app included
• The app includes 4 themed activities: Journeys, Characters, Music and Maths, allowing preschool children to collaborate and interact with the physical toy train through a digital medium
• Face-to-face training is available for an in-depth understanding of successfully implementing the Coding Express teaching solution into your teaching.

Key learning objectives and skills

• Early coding skills
• Sequencing
• Looping
• Conditional coding
• Language and literacy
• Collaboration
• Problem-solving
• Expressing ideas with digital elements

Key benefits

• Easy teaching solution – the set includes free teaching materials, online lessons, getting started materials and video tutorials.
• Develops valuable 21st-century skills – preschool children will learn through play early coding, robotics, mathematics, social and personal skills.
• Free interactive app – access to four areas for preschoolers to explore: Journeys, Characters, Music and Maths. 

What learning activities are available through the app?

• Journeys: Tags as destinations – sequencing events and language 
• Characters: Tags as emotional reactions – action/reaction and social and emotional development 
• Music: Tags as melodies/instruments – exploring, sequencing and looping sound
• Maths: Assigning values for movement – exploring action/reaction SHORT