Ages 6 to 8

Little Inventors

Curiosity, making and first circuits.

An illustration of the blue VEX 123 robot, with cartoon eyes and a smile, bouncing above an open book — Meet the robot: a coder a six-year-old can hold in two hands. · VEX Robotics

What they build

4 courses, in the order they are taught. Each one finishes something, so a child who does only the first has still built a robot.

VEX 123: First Robots

6 weeks · one 1-hour session a week

Six weeks with a robot a six-year-old can carry. Press the buttons to make it go, then build a plan from cards, and finish by driving a little course you made.

01Engineering
Mission 1: Press and go
Drive the robot to the edge of the mat and stop, three times running, using only the buttons.
Weeks 1–2
02Coding
Mission 2: Cards in a row
Lay out cards that drive the robot around one corner and back.
Weeks 3–4
03Capstone
Mission 3: Show day
Drive your robot through the little course and show a grown-up how you made it go.
Weeks 5–6

VEX 123: First Robots

6 weeks · one 1-hour session a week

Six weeks with a robot a six-year-old can carry. Press the buttons to make it go, then build a plan from cards, and finish by driving a little course you made.

01Engineering
Mission 1: Press and go
Drive the robot to the edge of the mat and stop, three times running, using only the buttons.
Weeks 1–2
02Coding
Mission 2: Cards in a row
Lay out cards that drive the robot around one corner and back.
Weeks 3–4
03Capstone
Mission 3: Show day
Drive your robot through the little course and show a grown-up how you made it go.
Weeks 5–6

Little Inventors: Foundations

12 weeks · one 1-hour session a week

Twelve weeks on VEX 123, from pressing buttons to a robot that changes colour and stops when its eye sees something, ending in a story the child tells on the mat.

01Engineering
Mission 1: Press and go
Drive the robot to a spot you chose and stop on it, using the buttons.
Weeks 1–3
02Coding
Mission 2: The Coder
Build a card plan that drives a square and finishes where it began.
Weeks 4–6
03Sensors
Mission 3: Colours and the eye
Make the robot change colour or stop when it sees something, with nobody pressing a button.
Weeks 7–9
04Capstone
Mission 4: Show day
Tell a little story on the mat with your robot and show it to the room.
Weeks 10–12

Little Inventors: Foundations

12 weeks · one 1-hour session a week

Twelve weeks on VEX 123, from pressing buttons to a robot that changes colour and stops when its eye sees something, ending in a story the child tells on the mat.

01Engineering
Mission 1: Press and go
Drive the robot to a spot you chose and stop on it, using the buttons.
Weeks 1–3
02Coding
Mission 2: The Coder
Build a card plan that drives a square and finishes where it began.
Weeks 4–6
03Sensors
Mission 3: Colours and the eye
Make the robot change colour or stop when it sees something, with nobody pressing a button.
Weeks 7–9
04Capstone
Mission 4: Show day
Tell a little story on the mat with your robot and show it to the room.
Weeks 10–12

Classes you can book now

First Robots (Wood Green, Saturday)
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
8 of 12 seats left
Meets
Saturdays, 11.30am – 12.30pm
Runs
16 Jan – 20 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
At
Wood Green Hub · Opposite the library, by Wood Green station
GBP 120.00the term
Trial GBP 15.00
Little Inventors (Wood Green, Saturday)
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
8 of 10 seats left
Meets
Saturdays, 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Runs
16 Jan – 3 Apr 2027 · 12 weeks
At
Wood Green Hub · Opposite the library, by Wood Green station
GBP 200.00the term
Trial GBP 15.00
First Robots (Saturday morning)
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
7 of 12 seats left
Meets
Saturdays, 9.00am – 10.00am
Runs
18 Jan – 27 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
At
Ntinda Hub · Opposite Capital Shoppers
UGX 400,000the term
Trial UGX 40,000
Little Inventors (Saturday morning)
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
7 of 10 seats left
Meets
Saturdays, 10.30am – 11.30am
Runs
18 Jan – 9 Apr 2027 · 12 weeks
At
Ntinda Hub · Opposite Capital Shoppers
UGX 800,000the term
Trial UGX 45,000

Classes we are thinking about

We open where there are enough families to fill a room. These have no venue yet — put your name down and you decide whether they happen.

VEX 123: First Robots
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Richmond · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Richmond station
Would meet
Tuesdays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
12 Jan – 16 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
It would cost GBP 150.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
VEX 123: First Robots
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Hampstead Heath · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Hampstead Heath station
Would meet
Tuesdays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
12 Jan – 16 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
It would cost GBP 150.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
VEX 123: First Robots
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Golders Green · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Golders Green station
Would meet
Tuesdays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
12 Jan – 16 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
It would cost GBP 150.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
VEX 123: First Robots
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Chiswick · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Chiswick High Road
Would meet
Tuesdays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
12 Jan – 16 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
It would cost GBP 150.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
Little Inventors: Foundations
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Chiswick · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Chiswick High Road
Would meet
Fridays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
15 Jan – 2 Apr 2027 · 12 weeks
It would cost GBP 260.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
Little Inventors: Foundations
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Richmond · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Richmond station
Would meet
Fridays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
15 Jan – 2 Apr 2027 · 12 weeks
It would cost GBP 260.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
Little Inventors: Foundations
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Hampstead Heath · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Hampstead Heath station
Would meet
Fridays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
15 Jan – 2 Apr 2027 · 12 weeks
It would cost GBP 260.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
Little Inventors: Foundations
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Golders Green · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Golders Green station
Would meet
Fridays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm · if it runs
Hoping to run
15 Jan – 2 Apr 2027 · 12 weeks
It would cost GBP 260.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.
VEX 123: First Robots
Little Inventors · ages 6 to 8
Not open yet
Where
Richmond · venue to be confirmedVenue to be confirmed — we are looking at halls near Richmond station
Would meet
Saturdays, 9.30am – 10.30am · if it runs
Hoping to run
16 Jan – 20 Feb 2027 · 6 weeks
It would cost GBP 150.00 the term. You are not paying anything now.
Child’s first name
Age
This books nothing and costs nothing. It tells us there is demand here — and if we find a venue, you will be the first to hear.

What they came out with

Week one: driving by pressing the buttons. · VEX Robotics
Week three: the Coder, and a plan made of cards. · VEX Robotics