Sparki for 9 years boy

Hi,

I am looking for a birthday present for my son who will be 9 years old and asking for some advice.

He likes electronics and soldering and I’d like to expose him to robotics. At first stage I plan to teach him Minibloq or Scratch so he will get into the programming and then teach him Python at a later stage.

Is Sparki a good match for this age? Will he be able to program it using Minibloq or Scratch? Can I program Sparki using Python? Is it possible to integrate it with Raspberry Pi?

Thanks!

Yes, we have our miniBloq drag and drop test release here that you can download and play with:

We have the creator for miniBloq writing documentation now. When that gets released, we’ll post it on the start page with lessons.