Computer knowledge for children with Digital Starter learning games

Discover the games from Digital Starter

The learning games for children from Digital Starter invite your little ones into the world of technology and show: computers, algorithms & co. can also be easily broken down, even discoverable without a screen and explain effortlessly with examples from your everyday life!

This is what makes Digital Starter special:

Exciting games that let children aged 3 and up discover the digital world for themselves
For the games, no prior knowledge is required – your children can play them intuitively and easily after a short explanation with you
For preschoolers, with adjustable difficulty levels
Digital Starter is suitable for play with the whole family and also challenges adults
Digital experts Pixi, Cody, and WiFi guide players through the learning games

Pixi

The little whirlwind Pixi is always excited about new things and learns by trying them out.

Cody

The clever & witty Cody has many smart ideas and likes to tinker with computer programs.

Robot Dog WiFi

The faithful companion of Pixi & Cody – he navigates through tricky mazes for bones.

Which skills do Digital Starter games promote?

Digital Starter helps your children to:

develop important skills for the future, such as speaking clearly, thinking logically, solving problems, and managing emotions, thoughts, and actions effectively
to playfully understand how digital media work– using analog toys without a screen
to discover digital elements like algorithms in their everyday life– for example in their own morning routine or on the way to school
to use digital media creatively and responsiblyand
to prepare themselves for the working world of the future.

Discover 5 Digital Starter games for the kids' room

With our Digital Starter learning games, children dive into different digital topics, learn a lot, and have great fun.

With one of the Starter games, for example, they learn how computers calculate; with another they understand how simple programming works; and with another game they learn how computers recognize patterns.

1. Which algorithms do you find in everyday life?

The Digital Starter board game 'Algorithmus' invites children to logically arrange activities based on everyday questions and thus create their own algorithm.

For children aged 5 and up
Learn about algorithms and create your own
Learn to plan ahead and concentrate

To Algorithm

2. How does the computer distinguish cat images from other animal images?

With the game “Neural Networks” children learn, how a computer's brain works and are playfully introduced to the workings of search engines introduced.

for children aged 5 and up
with animal cards, learn how a computer's brain works
discover how a computer calculates

To Neural Networks

3. Who finds the fastest route to the ice cream truck?

In the game "Pathfinder Algorithm" it's about, to find the fastest route through the park to the ice cream truck and to estimate the route costs.

for children aged 5 and up
learn about algorithms through play
with 3 fun game variants

To the Pathfinder Algorithm

4. Learn how computers search with robot dog WiFi

Also Computers can learn – your children discover that in Placement game "Machine Learning". As robot dog WiFi, they search gift packages for tasty bones and infer patterns.

for children aged 5 and up
learn how computers work and the basic principles of computational thinking
find out how computer search works

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5. Get game pieces to the finish fastest – with computer commands

Digital Starter introduces children with the game "Conditions and Loops" to central building blocks of computer programs by linking the spaces to conditions. Who can get their pieces to the finish first?

for children aged 5 and up
playfully learn basic programming commands
play in German and using terms from the English programming language

To Machine Learning

Frequently asked questions about children's computer education toys

Where do the ideas for the Digital Starter games come from?

The Digital Starter games for children of preschool and elementary school age were developed by HABA Pro in collaboration with the University of Bamberg. The goal in developing the games was always: to spark joy in discovery. The learning concept is based on your children's everyday experiences and introduces young players using purely analog play materials to central digital concepts. For example: Programming, machine learning (AI), algorithms, the functions of a computer or the concept Computational Thinking.

What is Computational Thinking?

With Digital Starter's games, children learn the concept of Computational Thinking to be familiar with. This means: they learn, to recognize problems, to break them down into small steps and to find solutions.to create step-by-step instructions, that is, algorithms, to solve the problems. They practice, to recognize patterns and commonalities in similar problems. They achieve this by repeatedly practicing while playing, abstracting problems and focusing on what is essential. With Digital Starter, children develop these skills and learn to apply them in play and later in everyday life.

What do digital media encourage/promote in children?

Dealing with digital media is becoming increasingly important for children. With interactive games, children can train their cognitive skills – from logical thinking to their problem-solving skills to their spatial reasoning. Digital media can also foster children's creativity, their language skills and their independence. And they can also motivate children to learn – with entertaining, child-friendly learning games or apps that make them curious about new things.