A girl and her mom work on STEAM-based activities with Sphero Mini Activity Kit at a table at home.
At HomeSphero Team

STEAM Activities for Kids

As we move further along into this post-pandemic quarantine, parents everywhere are looking for ways to keep their child busy throughout the day. While binge watching television shows may be a solution for some, there are much better ways to engage your child. You can even help them gain new skills while staying at home. 
A girl and her mom work on STEAM-based activities with Sphero Mini Activity Kit at a table at home.
At HomeSphero Team

STEAM Activities for Kids

As we move further along into this post-pandemic quarantine, parents everywhere are looking for ways to keep their child busy throughout the day. While binge watching television shows may be a solution for some, there are much better ways to engage your child. You can even help them gain new skills while staying at home. 
A boy sits at his desk in a classroom working on a computer with Sphero BOLT.
At SchoolSphero Team

STEM Education: How to Bring STEM Learning into the Classroom

In today’s quick-to-change world, it’s more important than ever that we prepare students to solve tomorrow’s problems. If we hope to crack the world’s most challenging issues, we need more innovative thinkers, self-driven inventors, and creative problem-solvers in the workplace. The solution is clear: to meet the talent demand, we need to focus on STEM education in school. 
A girl sits on the stairs at home coding her Sphero BOLT.
Sphero NewsAmanda Vaden

Webinar: Connecting to Your Environment During Remote Learning

May 7, 2020, 1 PM MDT - Join three Sphero Heroes in a cross-curricular conversation as we share project ideas that can be used with students of all ages in your unique environment.

Sphero RVR navigating a tape maze on the floor of a house.
At HomeRichard Perry

Social Distancing STEM Project

When our school closed and we moved learning to online at home, I started looking for a way to sustain cooperative interaction with my students during these times of responsible social distancing.  I landed on remote coding.
A boy sits at his desk in a classroom working on a computer with Sphero BOLT.
Amanda Vaden

What is SpheroCare?

SpheroCare is an extended warranty program that allows you to bring our bots and bits into your home or classroom knowing your investment is protected. By purchasing SpheroCare, you can explore, play, and learn with reckless abandon!
Young boy and father sit at desk while learning off a laptop together.
At HomeDrew Biskner

How to Celebrate “Take Your Kids to Work Day” While Working from Home

Today is National Take Your Kids to Work Day. Under normal circumstances, it would be a time for you to bring your kids to the office to give them a glimpse into the working world, teach them something new, and share experiences together. Obviously, this year things are a bit different. 
Sphero Global Challenge logo with space background.
Sphero NewsAmanda Vaden

The Sphero Global Challenge is coming!

COMING FALL 2020! The Sphero Global Challenge is the ultimate STEM competition and an opportunity for students to go deeper with computational thinking, engineering, and programming skills. 
Do you know what 21st Century Skills are?  They're vital in shaping your students' futures.
At SchoolAmanda Vaden

What are 21st Century Skills?

Here at Sphero, we talk a lot about 21st Century Skills, and we’re certain you’ve heard A LOT about them. (The phrase has become somewhat of a buzzword.) But what are 21st Century Skills and which are the most important? Well, the short answer is they’re all important, but we’ll dive into each one a bit further here and how to best implement the right activities and curriculum to achieve them as goals.
Young girl playing with BOLT in classroom.
Amanda Vaden

Sphero Session: Play is a Powerful Teacher

At Sphero we believe that play is a powerful teacher. In this 45 minute webinar, you’ll learn how play and inquiry-based learning puts students’ questions, ideas and observations at the center of their learning experiences. You’ll learn how Sphero promotes play-based learning to boost engagement and motivation in students of all ages. 
What is the difference between STEM vs STEAM?
At SchoolSphero Team

STEM vs. STEAM: What's the Difference?

While many teachers and administrators are feeling the pressure to prepare students for emerging careers in science and technology, it’s important to remember that, for many students, the arts are just as important. From creating music to calligraphy, creativity and the arts have a place in almost everyone's daily life. 
A teenage boy since at a desk at home coding with a Sphero BOLT.
At HomeAmanda Vaden

Sphero's Guide to STEM Education at Home

With so many of us working and learning from home right now, we want to support our community with easy access to quality educational content and other resources to help keep kids actively engaged and learning from the living room. 
What's in the bot text next to Sphero SPRK image.
Sphero NewsSphero Team

What's in the bot?

Happy National Robotics Week, fellow humans!

One question we get asked a lot is, “What’s inside your robots?” The short answer is, “Lots of smart, techy stuff.” We realize that’s not very satisfying, so if you’re interested in the long answer, read on.

A girl and her family sit at the kitchen counter at home learning and coding with Sphero BOLTs.
At HomeSphero Team

STEM at Home: A Parent's Cookbook to Teaching STEM

If you have a child in school, you’ve probably seen or heard the term “STEM.” STEM is a term used to describe the study of four academic disciplines: science, technology, engineering, and math. While children have always studied these subjects, STEM brings them together in new ways through an interdisciplinary approach to education.