Category: In the Classroom

Happy Birthday to Dash

Dash’s birthday is just around the corner and we’re celebrating with a Robot Party Activity Packet and an activity-card printable! These resources are great for use at home or at school. They include tons of ideas programming Dash in collaborative (and celebratory) groups. You’ll find challenges as well as your favorite games, like Red Rover, […]

Bring Design Thinking Principles to Your STEM Program

Ignite Creativity and Resilience in STEM Through Design Thinking In today’s dynamic world, students need mindset tools that fuel innovation, adaptability, and deep empathy. That’s where design thinking comes in: a human-centered, iterative approach that transforms your STEM classroom into a vibrant lab of curiosity, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. Far from being just for designers, […]

Code the ABCs and the 123s with Dash

Welcome back to another exciting school year! As your students return full of curiosity and energy, it’s the perfect time to spark their creativity while reinforcing foundational skills. This year, why not combine literacy, numeracy, and coding in a hands-on activity that turns learning into an adventure? With Dash Robot and the Sketch Kit, students […]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Blockly

🚀 Welcome Back, Teachers! Let’s Get Ready for an Amazing Year of Coding & Robotics Welcome back to school, teachers! We know you’re busy setting up classrooms, planning lessons, and thinking about how to make this year your most engaging one yet. This post is here to help you feel confident teaching block coding—the visual, […]

Put a Little Wonder on Your Classroom Wall

As you gear up for Back to School, we’ve put together some materials to add a little Wonder—and a “Dash” of fun—to your bulletin boards. You’ll also find a printable packet to spark creativity in students just getting to know Dash. They can color, customize, and imagine Dash as anything from a superhero to a […]

Dash Goes on a Road Trip

Teachers and families, meet Dash’s next adventure: the Road Trip packet! This collection of 3 challenge cards, takes kids on a road trip so they can practice coding, computational thinking and creativity with Dash.  These challenge cards are geared toward more advanced coders, teaching them how to use Variables to define distances. Less advanced coders […]

Dash Summer Fun Coloring Book

☀️Bring Summer Adventures to Life with Dash: A Free Coloring Book for Your Classroom! At Wonder Workshop, we know that summer is full of inspiration—and sometimes, you just need a fun, low-prep activity to keep students engaged in between projects or after they’ve wrapped up their work. That’s why we created our free Dash Summer […]

Dash Goes to the Zoo

In this Free Resource Friday blog post, we take you and your students on an adventure at the zoo where code makes every creature come alive! With Dash by their side, your students will explore animal science, language arts, and block-based programming all in one wild adventure. From researching animal behaviors for a Robot Petting […]

Build a Burger with Gripper Building Kit

Stack Up the Fun: A Burger-Building Coding Challenge with Dash! 🍔 We’re celebrating International Burger Day the Wonder Workshop way—with robots, code, and a side of STEM! Looking for a classroom activity that’s equal parts coding and creativity? This “Build a Burger” lesson is the perfect recipe! Using Dash and the Gripper Building Kit, your […]

More Earth Day with Dash

Celebrate Earth Day by turning Dash into your class’s eco‑hero with these hands‑on coding challenges that bring recycling, plant power, clean‑up missions, the water cycle, and wildlife rescue to life. Each activity weaves environmental science and block‑based programming into a fun, meaningful experience for young learners. 1. Recycle Relay (Gripper Kit) Objective: Teach students about […]