Is anyone buying Coding Presents for Their children?

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I have to buy 2 gifts for an 8 and 10 year old. Any advice as to what to get would be very welcome.

Our son loves this book: www.dk.com/us/book/9780241358566-how-to-be-a-coder/
Its about the concepts of coding and teaches you how to program in Scratch (a block-based visual language developed by MIT), its a great intro for children.

There's a board game called Rush Hour, which is not about coding, but is a logic game which uses the same thought processes. There are several variations on it from the basic game to several add-ons and levels of difficulty. It can be played alone, or
I bought it for my DN a few years ago, and he LOVSES it. He and his sister play it a lot - it's small and portable and often used when travelling!

Thank you both that is so helpful.😃

I am watching this thread with interest, I have a 4 almost five year old and I know she would love something where she could code (in the broadest sense!) - I've seen toys like a Fisher price caterpillar etc

We are getting our dd7 an Artie 3000 - a robot who draws based on code.

I quite fancy Botley the Coding Robot, but it's a bit out of DD's ability at the moment so I'm holding off until next year. Not sure how good he would be at 8 and 10 years, but I suspect there must be something similar available with an older age bracket that would suit.

I have bought Rush Hour for a party game for Christmas. We have a huge range of ages so I am thinking this could be a good team party game.

I've bought the Turing tumble that was mentioned on here, arrived yesterday but obviously don't know how good it is yet! I think ds will love it...

bsc - may I ask when you ordered the TT and how long it took to arrive? We are still waiting for ours (and now getting a bit nervous!).

Ordered a couple of weeks ago, shipped by APC at the weekend, arrived early yesterday.
If you've ordered already, check your email- mine went into 'promotions' not inbox in my Gmail.

Thanks for the info. No, no junked email. I'll contact them tomorrow if nothing arrives today.

Did it arrive today MacCavity?

Thanks for asking bsc! No, but I've now had the dispatch notification from the carrier and it's due on Friday. I'm quite excited about it actually!

well, I've opened the packaging, and it looks amazing... haven't opened the box though of course.

Ooh I'd love to hear what you think of the Turing Tumble, it's been on my watch list for ages.

Sorry mood, but it won't be opened for another week yet!

Haha I hope not! I must say I'm probably keener than my 5 yo. Too old to ask Santa though!

We're thinking about getting a Raspberry Pi