Jolly, the ambitious horse is a book that aims to teach children coding concepts in a playful manner.
Children are encouraged to analyse the story and represent it through a visual diagram similar to a activity diagram used in computer programming.
Analytical thinking and the ability to have an overview help your child in problem solving.

This bundle contains:

• the hardcover version of the book Coding a Story: Jolly, the Ambitious Horse

  This book contains a story for which children will create the diagram like the diagram of an algorithm or a computer program. By doing this, children will learn to transpose real events into an algorithm and they will develop their analytical thinking. And without even noticing, they will learn the main control structures of a program: sequences, decisions and loops.

  Children will learn to create a visual schema of the story by following the instructions and using the cards provided in the book.

  The story is about Jolly who is an ambitious horse that has a wish. He has to take on challenges and follow his heart. Jolly will have to work hard and make decisions. Will Jolly’s dream come true?

  The book teaches basic concepts of algorithms to children from 5 to 12 years old.

• 9 additional illustrations to expand the story – Digital product

Nine (9) images that are not in the book illustrating Jolly in various situations. These can be used to expand the story as your child imagines.

Delivered in electronic format.

The illustrations in the book are also included in this product in electronic format.

• Jolly, the Ambitious Horse – Activity Book 1 – Decisions with logical operators – Digital product

This activity book contains exercises about logical operators: AND, OR and NOT. There are exercises for each operator, for each combination of 2 operators and for all the 3 operators used in one decision.Each exercise consists of:

• a short poem about Jolly that children need to analyse and  for each  they would create the diagram, focusing on the logical operators in the decision
• the solution (the diagram)

The document has 27 pages and is delivered in electronic format (PDF).

• Jolly, the Ambitious Horse – Activity Book 2 – Loops. Nested Loops. Infinite Loops – Digital product

This activity book contains exercises about loops. There are exercises for each loop type: count-controlled, condition-controlled. Also, there are exercises about nested loops and infinite loops.

Each exercise consists of:

• a short poem about Jolly that children need to analyse and for which they would create the diagram, focusing on the loop(s)
• the solution (the diagram)

The document has 27 pages and it is delivered in electronic format (PDF).