Eliza Kosoy founder of Eliza dolls, on why children, particularly Girls need to be introduced to technical concepts at a young age to prevent them being deterred from science careers when they encounter gender bias when they are older. She makes the point that diversity is important in creating the AI driven world of tomorrow.

DQ Institute has created a common framework for digital literacy, skills and readiness from leading practices and landmark documents from around the world. They highlight how DQ - digital intelligence is a key competency to thrive in a digital era.

This amazing micro computer is so versatile and allows children to understand the link between programming and physical computing. Children can create their own games, build working machines, and develop prototypes. Makecode offers block based coding or a text-based coding interface.

Botley is my choice for screen free coding. Botley delivers so much for a screen free bot. He offers a remote control coder that includes loops and obstacle detection. He also has a line following mode.

The design thinking process is a tool that helps even young children to innovate. It promotes action taking problem solving which is noted as one of the Future ready skills.

Dash from Wonderworkshop is my choice for teaching engaging screen-based coding and robotics to young children. Dash has a unique personality, which is equally appealing to both girls and boys.