Your Ninja designed, built, and coded LEGO robots in a team this week — there's a lot to celebrate!
The SPIKE Prime kits stay at the dojo. Your Ninja walked you through their favorite builds at our Friday Camp Celebration — keep that conversation going at home and ask them to retell their proudest moment of the week.
What We Covered This Week
Throughout the camp, Ninjas explored real engineering — design, build, code, test, debug, present — using the same LEGO Education SPIKE Prime kits that classrooms and FIRST LEGO League teams use. Click any topic to expand.
First Builds, Sensors & Arctic Ride
Joined a team with a custom name and logo, and decorated their own Engineering Design Journal for the week
Programmed their first LEGO motor and light — created custom motor + light patterns from scratch
Met the Color Sensor and the Gyro Sensor — learned what each does and which programming blocks use them
Built a Snowmobile for the Arctic Ride challenge and raced to clear a course as fast as possible
Wrapped with a daily debrief — favorite moments, what was still confusing, and Ninja Shout-Outs
Animal Alarm & Food Stand
Warmed up with Brick-tionary — LEGO charades, team vs. team
Built the Animal Alarm — coded light logic so it activates when an animal is detected and stays quiet when it's safe to sleep
Built a Food Stand that takes tickets and gives out food — combining sensors with motors for the first time
Reflected on what worked, what was hard, and how teamwork changed the outcome
River Ferry, Swamp Boat & Team Routine
Kicked off with a Build a Bridge warm-up — pair build, then reflect on whether it would hold up
Built a River Ferry — a mode of transportation to cross water, tested and modified to taste
Built a Swamp Boat and coded it to watch out for sneaky gator threats
Performed a 6-step team routine — multiple robots synchronized across reverse, turn, drive, and sound steps
Reflected on how the team worked best together and what could improve
Mini-Golf, Maze & Brain Game
Built a Mini Mini-Golf course — identified bugs in the code, squashed them, and tried for a hole-in-one
Designed an A-maze-ing Maze with extra obstacles and creative gimmicks — then took on each others' mazes
Built a Brain Game — a multi-colored LEGO candy-stick puzzle for a partner to solve, then played other teams' puzzles
Reflected on which challenge was hardest, which was most fun, and how teamwork shaped the outcome
Bowling, Pinball Arcade & Camp Celebration
Built a Bowling Fun game to warm up the day
Built the capstone: a team-designed Junior Pinball arcade — every team designed and coded their own machine, then play-tested each other's
Presented their pinball arcade at the Friday Camp Celebration — parents came to watch and play
Closed out the week with team shout-outs and reflections in the Engineering Design Journal
What's Next?
Want your ninja to keep building? Code Ninjas® West Katy's CREATE program turns the spark of camp into a year-round 9-Belt journey — from white belt to black, building real games week after week with their own Code Sensei®. New students can start with our Summer of Code promo: 2 months for $299, ages 8–14. Promotion ends June 30.
Or come back for a FREE 30-minute trial to see if year-round is the right fit for your family.
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