Back in January, Fisher Price announced it was planning to release a toy that would teach your three-year-old the basics of coding. Called the Think & Learn Code-a-pillar, the plastic toy was tapping ...

Knowing the importance of STEM in education and having a husband who is a programmer, I have been eager to start my twin preschool boys learn coding concepts, but I assumed they were too young to ...

Fisher-Price unveiled a new caterpillar toy robot at CES 2016 that aims to teach kids the basics of coding. Deemed Code-a-Pillar, the device teaches children between ages 3 and 8 how to problem solve ...

To be a prodigy, you’ve gotta start young. And if you get your child the Code-a-Pillar from Fisher-Price, you can turn a toddler into a computer scientist. Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

Knowing the importance of STEM in education and having a husband who is a programmer, I have been eager to start my twin preschool boys learn coding concepts, but I assumed they were too young to ...

Kids learning to code on tablets and computers is becoming more commonplace in forward-thinking schools all over the world. Studies have shown that learning to code benefits kids by not only allowing ...

When experts advised we have to start children coding at an earlier age, Fisher Price took them seriously. Really seriously. The Code-A-Pillar is a toy for toddlers that will teach them – eventually – ...

EAST AURORA. N.Y. (WIVB) — A new toy is teaching children how to code. The Fisher-Price toy called the “Code-a-Pillar” was actually developed right here in Western New York it’s headquarters in East ...

A grinning caterpillar zooms around the table with blinking lights. Its bright purple eyes light up as it takes a moment to process the commands attached as various segments behind its head. Designed ...

Three engaged 3- and 4-year-olds sit on the bright world-map rug in UB’s Fisher-Price-endowed Early Childhood Research Center (ECRC), cheerfully playing with “Rapunzel,” a friendly, movable, toy ...

Code-a-pillar has found a home with the ECRC children, with students going so far as to name the toy “Rapunzel” and decorate a bright box as her home, where she can sleep after all the children have ...