Build & Move
Big-brick builds, gears and a first motor — plus picture-block coding to make things move.
- Grades
- Grades K–2
- Length
- 6–8 sessions
- Group size
- 16–24 students, working in teams of 2–3 per kit
- Where it runs
- School-day enrichment, After-school, Weekend academy, Summer camp, Library / community center
Kids build with big bricks and gears, add a motor and use picture blocks to make their creation move.
Skills students build
Before joining
None. Designed for little hands and early readers.
How progress is checked
- Build check each session
- A model that moves on command
- Show-and-tell presentation
What students learn, step by step
Every lesson ends with something students make, explain or show.
| Session | Topic | What students learn | What students produce |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build a strong tower | Bricks, balance, strong shapes | A tower that stays up |
| 2 | Wheels and axles | How things roll | A rolling car |
| 3 | Gears go round | Gears turning other gears | A spinning gear machine |
| 4 | My first motor | Start, stop, forward, backward | A motor-powered model |
| 5 | Picture-block coding | Putting steps in order | A model that moves on command |
| 6 | Show and tell | Explaining what I built | Team presentation |
Play & practice
Games that practise skills from Build & Move. Free, no sign-up, and nothing leaves your device.
More from Robotics
What students build
- A rolling car
- A spinning gear machine
- A motor model that moves on command
How we keep it safe
- Small parts are used only with age-appropriate kits and adult supervision
- Kits stay at the school or site — nothing to buy for home
- No accounts or personal data needed for the coding apps used in class
- Clear tidy-up and kit-check routines at the end of every session
The engineering design cycle
Every challenge follows the same loop real engineers use.
- 1
Ask
What problem are we solving?
- 2
Plan
Sketch and choose an idea.
- 3
Build
Put the robot together.
- 4
Code & test
Run it and measure what happens.
- 5
Improve
Change one thing and try again.
More Robotics tracks
Students can move up to the next grade band in later years.
Robot Builders
Motors, sensors and block coding: robots that move, react and solve small challenges.
Robotics Engineers
Engineering design with motors and sensors, coded with blocks then early Python, ending in a team mission challenge.
Robotics with Python
Python-controlled robots, sensor data, smoother control and a competition-style capstone built in teams.
Ask about Build & Move
About: Robotics & Engineering — Build & Move (Grades K–2)