#osmocoding

This week, we’re celebrating Computer Science Education Week with some big announcements and participation in Hour of Code! 

Our first announcement? We are partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and #CSforAll to offer coding opportunities to foster computer science skills to more than 4,000 elementary science classrooms nationwide. As announced in today’s release of the White House Fact Sheet, this initiative highlights the expansion of the #CSforAll campaign to provide impactful products, to help provide students with more coding opportunities.

Stay tuned for more updates all week on Osmo’s participation in Computer Science Education Week.

A recent article posted by Pocket Lint sings the praises of one of Osmo’s most recent games, Osmo Coding. What’s particularly “cool” about this review is the tester’s commentary on two aspects of the game that don’t always get as much mention as the game play our users love.

You may have read our article a couple of months ago about Osmo Maker Ariel Zekelman’s months of work to come up with the perfect Coding game pieces. Our software engineers are often praised for their excellent work, so it’s wonderful to see Ariel’s designs (after countless iterations!) receive due acknowledgement. 

Yet another positive note on Coding points out that for children it’s not enough to walk and run and jump and collect yummy strawberries. Children love that Awbie builds on his home base throughout the game, gathering wood, finding treasures, catching animals, and growing... what else? Strawberries!!

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"Osmo is an excellent system and we're already big fans. Rather than simply provide an educational application, the physical nature of the games and their accessories means children get a more tangible way to learn and parents can interact and help more easily.

When it comes to tech toys, in 2016, there are quite a lot of options to choose from. We’re honored to have been listed as one way to learn coding as a “fun part of growing up”. The good news for all you adults out there is that, while Osmo Coding is aimed at 5-12 year-olds, we here at Osmo even have a blast playing it at our “advanced” ages! ;)

The following is a post shared with Osmo from a dedicated #OsmoCoding fan parent. Thank you for bringing us this heart-warming video!

Day 9: We have been trying to convince Idan to go for a walk for a few days now. All he has wanted to do is stay in bed and play with the iPad. After playing for three hours today with the Osmo Coding (his new favorite game he got from his grandma and grandpa) Ashley suggested we play Live Osmo in the hall. Idan got very excited and he ended up doing 10 laps around the unit :)