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Bee-Bot
Award winning programmable floor robot, the Bee-Bot's simple and child friendly layout is a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language and programming to young children.
Robust and small design
Clear and bright buttons
Memory of up to 40 steps
Clear and bright buttons
No confusing degrees to program
Sounds and flashing eyes confirm your instructions
Fantastic cross-curricular resources also available
Moves accurately in 15cm steps at a time and turns in 90°
NOW AVAILABLE! Bee-Bot Software - Focus on Bee-Bot.
At these prices you can buy 6 and get the whole class involved!
Size (L) 13cm (W) 10cm (H) 7cm,
Requires: 3 x AA batteries (Not Included)
SAVE over £35 when you buy 4
SAVE over £79 when you buy 6
MASSIVE SAVING of £244 when you buy 15Curriculum application
Subjects:
English Curriculum: Key Stages Foundation, 1, 2
Scottish Curriculum: Foundation, P1-3, P4-P7
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Bee-Bot DownloadsEducation Resources Award Winner 2006
Winner of an Education Resources Award 2006 in the Primary ICT category
The Education Resources Awards highlight the quality and diversity of educational products and resources, excellent educational establishments and the most dedicated members of the teaching profession and supplies industry, all working together to encourage the very best in education. The Awards are organised by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA).
Bee-Bot Wins a BETT Awards
BETT 2006 Video's
- Video 1- Bee-Bot Creator Kate Wakefield
- Video 2 (zip, 9mb) -
TTS-Group Ltd Director Pete Ellse
11th January 2006, at the BETT Awards dinner, Bee-Bot was given the award for Early Years and Primary Hardware.
Kate Wakefield and Gareth Davies were there to collect the award on behalf of TTS. Kate Wakefield, Marketing Manager, said "this is really exciting and a great reward for all the hard work we have put in developing the product that teachers asked for!" Bee-Bot Wins Gold Award at Practical Pre-School Awards Ceremony
On September 30th 2005, Bee-Bot was awarded a Gold Award at the Practical Pre-School Awards in London.
Peter Ellse, the TTS Marketing Director, said "In all the years that we have been delivering products to Early Years, we have won many Silvers and Bronzes, but this is our first Gold. The Bee-Bots have only been used in schools for a few weeks and already we are winning awards. It's fantastic!"Bee-Bot on YouTube
ictopus - Sharing Good Practice
Ictopus is run by a voluntary group of primary teachers, university lecturers and consultants who wish to support colleagues working in the field of primary education.
Click for Robots in Early Education by Alison Lydon - 09/02/08
Our customers say...
"Bee-Bot is a visually attractive, audible easily handle able programmable floor robot which can be used to support the development of skills in a wide range of areas. It allows learners to give a range of instructions from simple to more complex. Pupils with SEN could use it to develop one, two and three stage sequences using a variety of activity mats.
It can be used for the development of fine motor skills by using the directional buttons. It can support imaginative play through the use of commercial or school designed covers. It allows learners to demonstrate skills in ways that a traditional approach would not support.
A positive ICT resource for early Years."
Sue Woodgate - Head of SSSEN
Buxton Area Education Office
"We have purchased a large swarm of Bee-bots for our pre-school settings as part of the 'Early Learning, Forward Thinking' strategy for ICT in Early Years. We were excited to find an attractive and affordable product to meet the needs of our programmable toys module. The potential for use is as great as your imagination!"
Elsie Young & Alison Butcher - ICT Project Officers
Aberdeenshire Council
" A big thumbs up from me. it's a huge improvement on the [another product]. More precise, more pronounced execution of moves, eyes lighting and beeping to confirm command steps, sound off option, small enough to use on a table and it works on rough or smooth surfaces, even carpet. It's just fabby. The only thing missing for me is an LCD screen that lists the current moves in memory as scrolling icons. However I do understand the limitations of the budget ... I'd recommend it to schools without hesitation to be bought in group packs of at least 5 or 6."
Chris Wood - Vice Chair of ACITT
The Association for ICT in Education
" I really like the Bee-Bot programmable toy ... It combines the ease of use of [another product] with an attractive look ... The fact that it beeped after every command was liked and ... its small size meant that it was more practical to use..."
Susan Garrett - Advisory Teacher
Wakefield Education Advisory Service
"An excellent robot that represents extremely good value for money"
TES Teacher, 18th March 2005