Kano Motion Sensor Kit – Learn to code with movement

I bought this for my nephew for Christmas. I was looking through the coding things and stumbled upon this. I was hesitant at first as he is very smart, but gets easily distracted or bored as he completes things quickly. After reading the reviews I decided to get it for him. The second he opened it and I told him what it did he got VERY excited and abandoned all his other gifts and went straight to his computer to play. He spent the rest of the night having so much fun coding his own games. He though it was the coolest thing ever. He even kept calling me over to see what he built. I never felt so accomplished as an Aunt! My sister texted me today to tell me I won Christmas as he is STILL playing it! The only thing I’m worried about is there not being enough things for him to do— making it so he finishes it all in two or three days and then abandons it. But for the price, learning ability, and happiness on his face I’ll take it! I’m happy that he is having fun with it while learning to code. I would most certainly recommend this to anybody that knows a kid like him. (And at 8 years old he was able to do it mostly all on his own, the only thing that I had to do is help him fix some things when he got too excited and skipped reading a part of the instructions.) -Skylar Monella

I purchased a class set of these. It’s super cute when it works- but it’s very buggy/sensitive and often frustrates kids.

Love Kano! My son has learned so much and this add on is a wonderful experience. It give more depth to the programming that he has already done. The Kano support staff is the best I've ever seen! They are prompt in responding to questions, bugs and user error! Can't say enough wonderful things about this company!

I’d love to review this product. I got this to go with my Kano Complete Computer kit. But the battery in the computer stopped working, after two weeks of use. Kano has no call in support, only email tech support, that seems to be coming from India or Africa. The delay between sending and receiving emails is about a week. The person responding doesn’t seem to read my email about the BATTERY being broken or dosent understand my email as they just send generic form emails back about fixing problems not related to my broken battery-which btw should be covered under their one year warranty. I hope your product works well and that you never need tech support.

So far like it for the ease of use.. My daughter 14 and son 6 are having some fun with it.. Not fully convinced to give it a 5 start there are some limitations and frustration when you have to start all over as it freezes up but overall a fun toy and for the money it is OK.

My 5 year old loves Kano - he was able to start dragging and dropping code blocks in the Kano App to program the motion sensor immediately. The intuitive User Interface just makes sense to him! Whilst a deeper understanding of coding will come over time, this has definitely accelerated his learning. Thanks Kano!

Good but probably best for the 10-11 age range. My 15 yr old enjoyed it but says he's too old for it. Will keep around for his younger brothers.

Good thing this product costs only $12. Instable, keeps logging you off. My 7 yo kid is very familiar with Scratch coding and complains at how Kano coding is buggy, and sensor unresponsive: you gotta unplug USB cable and plug again. After a few minutes, overwhelmed with ennui & frustration, he tossed it away. Kano makers need to review their product and make it very easy, educative and enjoyable to play with.