RoboFun

Camp for a 10 year old! We did a half day camp here because we had already had done a session with another outfit. I chose Robofun because I wanted my son to use the latest technology for children. He ran in every day and didn’t even bother to say good bye. People are super friendly and would definitely come again.
As for the reviewer who wondering about preschool and taking projects home… never heard of a robotics place that lets the children take anything home.

My three kids have attended Robofun classes for the past six years. The instructors are enthusiastic, and the programs are well run. We use Legos a lot at home, but there’s nothing like bringing them to life. This is also true for the Scratch programming classes; learning how to create a video game has excellent educational implications. Both the robotics and the programming are creative experiences that make for fun and challenging classes at Robofun.

lf you have a preschooler who likes Lego, under NO circumstances should you go here. Here’s what you get: A one-​hour class for young kids lets them build a simple Lego robot (following instructions their parents must hurriedly help them through to finish up in an hour) with provided parts (except not all parts are provided), then play with it for five minutes, and then the kids are quickly sent home WITHOUT THE ROBOT.
Really?
Did we actually just pay $ 40 to walk our kids through a maze of instructions, then not have the robot we made?
Later we checked the website — yes, in small print at the bottom of the page it is mentioned that the creations don’t come home. Clearly this information is hidden because everyone there expected to bring a robot home. This is plainly negligent on the part of «RoboFun». The class really ends with 10 preschoolers upset that they don’t have a robot and 10 parents trying desperately to explain it to them.
Please do not support this business.

At $ 40 a class this place is a joke! Colorful ikea furniture and a blue rug doesn’t make up for the lack of legos. My 4 year old has more legos in his room than this place offered for a group of kids. They have only one lego table! The robots are built by child and parent using a blueprint and small legos they then attach a battery and get the things moving. #1 the robots hardly look like robots. #2 $ 120 for 3 sessions and your child goes home with nothing but memories! Save some $$ and go buy your own supplies and do it at home.

I’d heard good things about Robofun – a place that teaches kids about robotics and video game design – and it seemed right up my son’s alley. So I signed him up for a spring break camp there.
He had a blast. He got to build a «fighter robot» using some kind of special lego kit. And he designed his own video game using Scratch, a free program they teach the kids how to use. I think it’s excellent they are getting these little kids excited about computer programming!
I was so impressed by the staff. To a person, they were friendly and warm. And it seemed like they really took their jobs seriously.
The only downside is the cost. A week of spring break camp there cost over $ 200 more than I would have paid at his usual place (which is also excellent). Given the materials they work with (computers and robotics parts) and the staff (they seemed very knowledgable AND good with kids), it may be that they just need to charge a lot to cover expenses. I definitely couldn’t afford to sign the kids up for camp here regularly, but for a rare treat it is so much fun. I found myself wishing I could go to camp there!