“Kids can be pretty harsh critics,” said Jeffery. This was VERY popular.And kids continue to play a part as the apps take shape, acting as playtesters and critics. If you’re a robot and you know it, then your face will surely show it.ĭuring playtime after stories, I allowed individual children to create and fly their own robot using the Toca Robot Lab app, making them take turns while I held the ipad and they touched it. If you’re a robot and you know it, clank your coils (clap). If You’re a Robot and You Know It – Credit: Anne’s Library Life I’m a Little Robot – Credit: Anne’s Library Life Then, when the robot was constructed, I flew it around the lab, showed them that it was approved, and we all cheered. I asked which part we were going to use each time after describing the parts (the gray one, the yellow one, or the red one?), and took whichever part seemed to be shouted the most. I briefly explained what we were going to do and then got started. Then, you test the robot by flying it around the lab and collect stars, until a conveyer takes it away to be approved. The way the app works is that you build a robot using one of three pieces each for legs, torso, head, and arms. I don’t have an overhead screen, so we had to do the app like a book. My other activity was using the Toca Robot Lab app. I used the flannel “Five Noisy Robots” that I created from Falling Flannelboards’ design. During the songs, this is what they pressed. I like getting into character!įor books, I found “If I Had a Robot” by Dan Yaccarino, “Boy + Bot” by Ame Dyckman, and “Oh, No! or, How my science project destroyed the world” by Mac Barnett.īefore storytime started, I passed out “I’m a Library Kid” stickers that we happened to have on hand, and these became our robot buttons.

Because it was part of summer reading, I made myself This was the third robot storytime that I had done, the first two being at outside daycares.

Toca robot