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Bee-Bot Buzz helps you make the most of Bee-Bots, Blue‑Bots, and other related STEM products for your youngest learners—with lesson ideas, classroom tips, and inspiration from fellow K–2 educators.

In This Issue:

• Screen-Free Activities for Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot
• Remote Coding with Blue-Bots + a Special Offer
• New! Take Pro-Bot on a Test Drive
• October Fun!
• Product Spotlight
• Quick Links to Resources
• We Want to Hear from You!



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Screen-Free Activities for Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot

Bee-Bots and Blue‑Bots offer great learning and coding opportunities without a screen, and the benefits are huge:

• Pressing the onboard buttons directly reinforces hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
• The robot's response is instant and physical—no loading screens, no lag.
• Students focus on the robot, not on a screen full of buttons, menus, and distractions.
• Students can plan, predict, run, and debug programs together.
• Collaboration builds turn-taking, patience, and confidence.

With no screens between the student and robot, the learning stays where it belongs: in their hands.

Let's take a look at some fun "unplugged" Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot activities for K–2 classrooms.

Bee-Bot Dance

Make a Parade

Chatty Bots

1. Choreograph a dance for your Bee-Bots. This video shows an example.
2. Decorate your Bee-Bots and make a parade. This customer story shows a great one!
3. Get your Bees and Blues talking to each other. This article tells you how.
4. Use your Bee-Bot as a measuring tool, reinforcing math at the same time. Read more.
5. Teach mapping skills with Bee-Bot. This customer story gives you ideas.
6. Use Bee-Bot to teach sequencing. This customer story tells you how.
7. Try these Bee-Bot activities, originally created for home use, but also good in schools.

Want more lessons? Originally designed for screen-free use, Bee-Bot Lessons covers 10 curriculum areas with 200 lessons, each with multiple classroom and online activities. Try it free for 30 days.

Remote Coding with Blue-Bots + a Special Offer

Blue-Bot takes screen-free coding further. It does everything Bee-Bot does, plus adds remote coding—no screen required. It pairs with the TacTile Code Reader over Bluetooth. This gives students added coding experience without a display.

Press Connect to pair Blue-Bot, then place command tiles into the Code Reader's tray in the order you want. Press Send and watch Blue-Bot follow your code step-by-step while the TacTile Code Reader lights up each tile in sequence. Want to change the program? Just swap out command tiles or switch the order of the tiles and press Send again. Learn more about the TacTile Code Reader.

Each TacTile Coder Reader holds 10 tiles; chain up to 3 together for longer programs. It comes with a Standard Tile Pack, and the Extension Tile Pack adds 45° turns and repeat loops for more control.

Bonus: The TacTile Code Reader also works with Tuff-Bot!

Read more about using the TacTile Code Reader.

Special Offer — Free TacTile Code Reader

When you order a Class Bundle or a Hive Bundle customized with Blue-Bots,

you receive a TacTile Code Reader at no extra charge!

Already have Blue-Bots or want more tiles?
Enjoy new lower prices for these products:
Tactile Code Reader | Standard Tile Pack | Extension Tile Pack

This is a limited-time offer, so place your order or quote by 12/31/2026.

New! Take Pro-Bot on a Test Drive!

Are you planning to launch or expand a robotics program? Take the next step beyond Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot with a more sophisticated robot. With the new Pro-Bot Test Drive, you can evaluate Pro-Bot with students before adopting the technology more widely.

Perfect for students in grades 3–8, Pro-Bot is self-contained and requires no other device or app to use. Pro-Bot naturally expands skills developed with Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot. Students can start by using Pro-Bot in "Bee-Bot mode," pressing its command buttons to move and turn fixed distances and angles. Adding numbers to control the moves and turns opens up many more possibilities, such as hands-on geometry through drawing. In addition, Pro-Bot offers repeat loops, touch and light sensors, and procedures, so students can continue to grow their skills.

The Test Drive includes a Pro-Bot, Robot Pen Pack, and 30-day subscription to Pro-Bot Lessons with free US shipping ($45 for international addresses). Best of all, the Pro-Bot and Pen Pack are yours to keep after the Test Drive.

The new "Pro-Bot in Action" web page offers video tutorials that are also included in the training emails that accompany the Test Drive.



Because of the high demand, Test Drives are restricted to one per school district or organization. Limited Test Drives are available, so don't wait.

October Fun!

Turn a Pumpkin Into a Bee-Bot!

Read this creative Customer Story.

Why is Bee-Bot Making Spooky Sounds?

Learn how to turn those sounds off.

Product Spotlight

Free 12-Part Course

Learn to think like a computer! This email course helps you understand what coding is all about with dozens of engaging activities to explore on your own or with students using free tools.

Read more and sign up!

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Quick Links to Resources

Bee-Bot Lessons ~ for Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot! Explore 200 lessons, 600+ online activities, and over 2,100 mat images in all curriculum areas. Try it!

Problem-Solving with Bees and Blues ~ 150 challenges to try in the classroom or online. Try it!

Exploring Math with Blue-Bot ~ Coding fun with Blue-Bot while practicing math skills. Try it!

Kinderlogo ~ Engage your K–3 learners in these creative math activities with the Logo turtle. Try it!

"52 Ideas for Kinderlogo" (free) ~ activities for each level to inspire your students with Kinderlogo.

Lesson Ideas (free) ~ Get teaching tips for all our learning mats and accessories.

Accessories Chart (free) ~ Which accessories and curriculum products work with each robot?

Customer Stories (free) ~ See how others use robots and other technology. Send us your story!

Bee-Bot Online Emulator (free) ~ Explore with Bee-Bot in your web browser using a variety of mats.

Blue-Bot Online Emulator (free) ~ Navigate Blue-Bot using both 45° and 90° angles, repeat loops, and remote control.

Tuff-Bot Online Emulator (free) ~ Code online with this fun robot. Try the obstacle avoidance feature!

Teacher-Created Mats (free) ~ Try Bee-Bot mats that educators have designed.

Monthly Emulator Mats (free) ~ A new calendar mat to explore every month!

Coding Journeys (free) ~ Compare Bee-Bot, Blue-Bot, and Pro-Bot in 20 sets of free online activities.

Terrapin Resources (free) is packed with articles, tips, and ideas.

We Want to Hear from You!

Here's how to share your Bee-Bot mats or Customer Story with us.

Do you have ideas for new products or features? Fill out our Customer Contribution Form.

Have photos of students using Bee-Bots or Blue-Bots? Send them our way!

We'd love to feature them in a Bee-Bot Buzz newsletter or a Customer Story.

Want to talk with us about what might work for your STEM program and what it would cost?

Need help or training on what you have purchased?

Schedule a free Zoom meeting (15, 30 or 60 minutes) and we'll be happy to help.

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Find our Turtle Tuesdays Logo coding challenges on Facebook and Instagram each week!

Visit the Turtle Tuesdays web page to see all the weekly challenges and solutions.

Some challenges can also be done using Logo Blocks, Kinderlogo, Pro-Bot, and InO-Bot.