A bug is a mistake in the steps: a mixed-up order, a gap or a number.
A bug is a mistake in the steps. A robot does exactly what the steps say, so the bug is never in the robot.
There are three kinds: the steps are in a mixed-up order, a step is missing, or a number is off.
To find a bug, check the order, the gaps and the numbers.
Steps can always be fixed, so you always know where to look.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
A mixed-up order. Shoes before socks is a bug where the steps are in the wrong order.
A missing step. There is no step to shut it.
A number that is off. Thirty, not three, is a number that is off.
In the steps. Bo did exactly what the steps told him.
Ask a grown-up to write three steps for something easy, like making a sandwich. Swap two steps, or leave one out, or change a number. Read them out and say which kind of bug you made: a mixed-up order, a missing step, or a number that is off. Then fix it together.
Play the Mission: write three steps for something easy, like making a sandwich. Your child swaps two steps, leaves one out, or changes a number, reads them out, and says which kind of bug they made. Then fix it together.
