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Mukona & Bee-bee Coding Flashcards

Grade 1 · Coding & Robotics · Tap each card to flip!

📖 Book 1 · The Water Fetching Algorithm
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Algorithm
Book 1 · Big Idea
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📋 Algorithm
A list of steps that tell us HOW to solve a problem, in order.
Mukona's Algorithm:
1️⃣ Get the bucket → 2️⃣ Walk to tap → 3️⃣ Fill with water → 4️⃣ Carry home
Bee-bee says: "Like a recipe — follow the steps!"
1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
Sequencing
Book 1 · Big Idea
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1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Sequencing
Doing steps in the RIGHT ORDER — one after another.
You must get the bucket BEFORE you walk to the tap!
Wrong order = wrong result 😬
Mukona says: "First the bucket, then the path, then fill!"
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Step
Book 1 · Key Word
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👣 Step
One single action in an algorithm. Big tasks are made of many steps!
Step 1: Get the bucket 🪣
Step 2: Walk to the tap 🚶
Step 3: Fill with water 💧
Step 4: Carry home 🏠
Break big jobs into small steps!
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Debugging
Book 1 · Big Idea
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🔍 Debugging
Finding and fixing mistakes in your steps.
Wrong: 1. Get bucket → 2. Carry home → 3. Fill water ❌

Fixed: 1. Get bucket → 2. Walk to tap → 3. Fill water → 4. Carry home ✅
Bee-bee says: "Check your steps and fix the mistake!"
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Efficiency
Book 1 · Big Idea
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⚡ Efficiency
Finding a better, faster way to do something with fewer steps.
Old path: Long winding road 🐌
New path: Shortcut through Gogo's garden! 🏃‍♀️
Fewer steps = faster water!
Vhutshilo spotted the shortcut — great thinking!
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Instruction
Book 1 · Key Word
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📢 Instruction
A command that tells someone or something exactly what to do.
"Walk forward" 🚶
"Turn left" ↩
"Fill the bucket" 🪣

Computers need clear instructions!
Gogo gave Mukona the instruction: "Fetch water!"
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Order
Book 1 · Key Word
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🔢 Order
The correct arrangement of steps — FIRST, NEXT, LAST.
FIRST: Wake up 🌅
NEXT: Brush teeth 🪥
LAST: Eat breakfast 🍽️

Order matters! You can't eat before you wake up!
Mukona follows the right order every time!
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Problem Solving
Book 1 · Big Idea
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🧠 Problem Solving
Thinking carefully to find a solution to a challenge.
Problem: How do I get water from the tap? 🤔

Think → Plan → Do → Check ✅
Mukona and Bee-bee always think before they act!
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Robot
Book 1 · Key Word
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🤖 Robot
A machine that follows instructions to do tasks for us.
Bee-bee is a robot! 🐝
Bee-bee follows step-by-step instructions.
Robots need clear, correct instructions to work.
"Hello! I help people think step by step!" — Bee-bee
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Direction
Book 1 · Key Word
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➡️ Direction
Which way to go: forward, backward, left, right, up, down.
➡️ Straight ahead
⬇️ Down the hill to the tap
⬅️ Back home

Arrows show us which direction!
Mukona followed the arrows on the path to the tap!
🌱 Book 2 · Garden Patterns
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Pattern
Book 2 · Big Idea
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🔁 Pattern
Something that repeats in the same order over and over.
🍅🥕🍅🥕🍅🥕
Tomato, carrot, tomato, carrot...

Patterns repeat! We can predict what comes next!
Gogo plants vegetables in a beautiful repeating pattern!
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Repeat
Book 2 · Key Word
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🔄 Repeat
To do something again and again in the same way.
🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵
Red, blue, red, blue... keeps repeating!

In coding, we use loops to repeat actions.
Bee-bee repeated "forward, spin, forward, spin" again and again!
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Predict
Book 2 · Key Word
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🔮 Predict
To guess what comes next by looking at the pattern.
🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴___
What comes next? 🔵 BLUE!

Patterns help us predict the next item!
Teacher Lufuno asked "What comes next?" — everyone said "Blue!"
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Pattern Core
Book 2 · Big Idea
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🎯 Pattern Core
The part that repeats — the basic unit of a pattern.
🍅🥕 | 🍅🥕 | 🍅🥕
The core is: [🍅🥕]

🔴🟡🔵 | 🔴🟡🔵
The core is: [🔴🟡🔵]
Find the core and you can continue any pattern!
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Extend a Pattern
Book 2 · Key Word
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📏 Extend a Pattern
To continue the pattern by adding more items that follow the rule.
🔴🟡🔵🔴🟡🔵___
I extend it: 🔴🟡🔵🔴🟡🔵🔴🟡🔵

Keep the rule going!
Mukona and Vhutshilo extended the flower pattern across the whole garden!
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Movement Pattern
Book 2 · Key Word
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🕺 Movement Pattern
A repeating pattern made of body movements or actions.
Forward → Spin → Forward → Spin 🔄

Clap, clap, stomp!
Clap, clap, stomp!
Clap, clap, stomp! 👏👏🦶
Bee-bee showed a movement pattern — Vhutshilo copied it!
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Sound Pattern
Book 2 · Key Word
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🎵 Sound Pattern
A repeating pattern made of sounds or music.
Beep, boop, beep, boop! 🤖
Clap, clap, stomp! 👏

Music is made of repeating sound patterns!
Bee-bee made a sound pattern: "Beep, boop, beep, boop!"
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Colour Pattern
Book 2 · Key Word
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🌈 Colour Pattern
A repeating pattern using colours in order.
🔴🟡🔴🟡 (2 colours)
🔴🟡🔵🔴🟡🔵 (3 colours)

The fence had: red, blue, red, blue!
Gogo's garden fence had a beautiful red and blue colour pattern!
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Mistake in a Pattern
Book 2 · Key Word
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❌ Mistake in a Pattern
When one item breaks the repeating rule — like a bug!
🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌸🌼
Can you see the mistake? 🔍
There are two 🌸 in a row — it should be 🌼!
Finding mistakes in patterns is like debugging in coding!
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Patterns in Coding
Book 2 · Big Idea
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💻 Patterns in Coding
In coding, repeating patterns become LOOPS — a computer does the same thing again and again!
Do this 3 times:
→ Plant a tomato 🍅
→ Plant a carrot 🥕

That's a coding loop!
Teacher Lufuno: "Patterns are everywhere — in coding too!"
⭐ Review Cards · Both Books
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Computational Thinking
Review · Big Idea
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🤔 Computational Thinking
Thinking like a computer — breaking problems into clear, small steps.
4 Skills:
1. Break it into steps 📋
2. Find patterns 🔁
3. Focus on what matters 🎯
4. Write instructions 📢
Mukona and Bee-bee use computational thinking every day!
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Coding
Review · Big Idea
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📖 Coding
Giving step-by-step instructions to a computer or robot so it can do a task.
Just like Mukona tells herself:
"First... then... next... finally..."

A coder tells a computer the same way!
You are already thinking like a coder!
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What I Learned
Review · Summary
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🏁 Big Ideas
The coding ideas from both books:
📋 Algorithm = steps to solve a problem
1️⃣ Sequencing = right order
🔍 Debugging = fix mistakes
⚡ Efficiency = better way
🔁 Pattern = repeating rule
🔮 Predict = guess what's next
You think like a coder! 🎉