Robots are traditionally thought of as appropriate for junior high students and above. I disagree. Elementary students' engagement increases when robotic activities are integrated into academic learning. Students do not need a background in coding to operate Sphero Bolt, Indi, or Dash robots. I always have students work in pairs or groups of three when using robots. Group work teaches collaboration and communication skills. Coding in a group also increases critical thinking skills and creativity. Additionally, working collaboratively is a differentiation strategy that plays to all students' academic strengths while growing their weaknesses. Over the last few weeks, I have integrated robots into several academic tasks. For example, in kindergarten, we worked on retelling a story by drawing pictures and having the robot stop at each image while the student retold that part of the story. Photo Credits: Vicki's Tech Hub We used Sphero Bolt and Indi robots to practice...