Service Alert
The library is delighted to partner with Erikson’s Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center, to give members of the Erikson community a chance to try out some of the fun tech tools that are available for enhancing children’s learning and development.
You’ll find more information about the TEC Center technology tools collection on their website, and you can also search for them in our online catalog. We also have books about coding in our children’s collection, if you would like additional resources to accompany your technological explorations.
We encourage you to evaluate each tool’s educational and social-emotional learning value as you play, explore, and learn on your own and with young children. Please ask the library or TEC Center staff any questions you may have and share your experiences with us. The TEC Center staff is happy to help you get started if this is your first time exploring using technology tools with young children. Here are some questions you should ask if you are looking to create a play or lesson plan with technology.
The TEC Center’s collection includes over 40 tangible technology tools and robotics. If you’d like to have some playtime with these tech tools — on your own, or with the children in your life — please come visit us in the library. These items can be checked out for a 7 day loan.
These downloadable information sheets were developed at the TEC Center and incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and include a brief overview of the tool, resources required/included, developmental considerations, and objectives. There are QR codes to link you to examples of the tech tool being used in classrooms and other settings.
Animal 4D Cards, call #: TEC 22
Bee-Bot, call #: TEC 24
Bloxels, call #: TEC 36
BLU Track, call #: TEC 32
Blue-Bot, call #: TEC 25
Blue-Bot Tactile Reader, call #: TEC 25.1
Code-a-pillar, call #: TEC 10
Cubelets, call #: TEC 8
Cubetto, call #: TEC 28
Dash and Dot, call #: TEC 3
Design and Drill, call #: TEC 21
DIY Electro Dough Kit, call #: TEC 34
Hexbug, call #: TEC 19
Kibo, call #: TEC 12
KODO Rubber Stamp, call #: TEC 33
Let’s Go Code!, call #: TEC 29
Light Up Edison, call #: TEC 15
Light Up Tesla, call #: TEC 16
LittleBits, call #: TEC 35
Littlecodr., call #: TEC 13
Makey Makey, call #: TEC 5
Makey Makey Go, call #: TEC 5.1
Osmo, call #: TEC 6
Osmo Coding, call #: TEC 6.3
Osmo Creative Set, call #: TEC 6.5
Osmo Numbers, call #: TEC 6.2
Osmo Tangram, call #: TEC 6.1
Osmo Words, call #: TEC 6.4
Ozobot, call #: TEC 14
Proscope, call #: TEC 31
Puzzlets, call #: TEC 7
Robot Mouse, call #: TEC 9.1
Robot Mouse Activity Set, call #: TEC 9
Robot Turtles, call #: TEC 4
Smart Numbers, call #: TEC 1
Snap Circuit Beginner, call #: TEC 18
Snap Circuit Jr, call #: TEC 17
Space 4D+ Cards, call #: TEC 23
Sphero Mini, call #: TEC 11.1
Sphero SPRK+, call #: TEC 11
Tiggly Math, call #: TEC 2.2
Tiggly Shapes, call #: TEC 2
Tiggly Words, call #: TEC 2.1
Zoomy, call #: TEC 20