Navratri Coding Corner: Program the Dancer and Toran Light Code
Children write the shortest arrow program to move a dancer across a grid without touching obstacles, find and fix a bug in another program, and add the values of lit bulbs (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) to read binary numbers that give the dates of Navratri 2026 and Dussehra.
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Navratri Festival Quest Big Explorers Activity Pack: Maths, Puzzles, Stories & Science for Ages 7-11
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How to use this worksheet
Read the arrow key, then write one arrow per box. Trace the second program with a finger to find the wrong arrow. For the toran, add the numbers above the bulbs that are ON, then shade bulbs to make 9.
Materials needed
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Draw your own grid maze and write a program for a friend to follow.
- 2Show your age in binary with five paper bulbs.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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