A guide for preschool & daycare educators
Preschool robot visit ideas for Long Island educators
A first robot visit can start with a very small question. What do you see? What do you wonder? EZ Robot Rentals brings, operates and demonstrates Ted, our Unitree R1 EDU humanoid robot. This guide gives preschool and daycare teachers simple conversation and follow-up ideas to consider around a planned visit.
Some children may have lots to say; others may prefer to watch beside a familiar adult. Educators know their own group. Start with familiar words and room to wonder, and discuss the introduction with us before the visit. Ted is a machine operated by our team. A child does not need to approach or touch a robot to be part of a good conversation about one.
See. Ask. Imagine.
Invite children to describe or draw a machine they know. Ask, “What does it help someone do?” Explain that Ted is a real robot brought and operated by adults, and that the class will observe from the agreed viewing area.
After the agreed operated demonstration, teachers can ask one question at a time: “What did you notice?” or “What would you like to ask?” Accept a word, a drawing or simply watching as ways to participate.
Use ordinary classroom drawing or collage materials to imagine a helpful robot. Children can choose a name and explain one idea. This is teacher-led imaginative play, separate from operating Ted.
Invite descriptions before explanations. Let children point to their own drawing or use familiar words to tell the group what they noticed.
Collect questions without asking a child to perform for the group. Adults can help turn a wondering into a question to discuss.
Bring the discussion back to people. A pretend robot might help with a simple imagined task; the child explains their idea rather than prove it will work.
Your practical planning tool
Use these prompts to decide whether and how a visit fits your group. Share program information, not children’s personal records.
Operator-led. Planned with you.
Tell us your Nassau or Suffolk program, age range, room and educational goal. We will discuss the introduction, viewing area and operated demonstration. Educators supervise children and decide the classroom approach. The visit does not include child operation, guaranteed interaction or a certified lesson plan; the ideas here are optional prompts for your teaching team.
Whether your program is in a Nassau school building, a Suffolk daycare center or another approved learning space, the exact group and setting matter more than a town label. Send your actual venue and routine. We confirm suitability, activities, date and quote individually, then you can explain the agreed visit to families in your own program’s usual way.
Before your visit
No. They are optional educator-led conversation and imaginative-play ideas. Your teachers choose what fits their children and program; no curriculum accreditation or learning outcome is promised.
No. The visit is an operator-led demonstration with an agreed viewing area. Observation, teacher-led questions and later drawing can be participation without touching or controlling Ted.
Yes. Describe the group-level participation needs to your adult organizer without sending individual child records. We will discuss what is possible for the proposed visit before confirming arrangements.
Use the existing form and choose the closest event type. Add “Preschool educational robot visit,” your program, town, age range, group size, date options and goals in the notes. The inquiry does not reserve a date.
Tell us about your Long Island preschool or daycare. Let’s explore an introduction to Ted that your educators can build around.
Plan a first look at TedTed goes to school · Nassau & Suffolk
Plan a school, camp or campus visit with Ted, or prepare your first preschool introduction and STEM event brief.