Working with a Student Exhibiting School Difficulties. Teachers Auto-reflection

Summary The article shows the benefits of educational projects at the stage of early school education: „I work with ozobots – I program perfectly”. The aim of the course was to introduce programming elements into classes using ozobots – educational robots. Research was carried out in order to help the students overcome developmental difficulties. The evaluation of the project proves that the additional activities that were carried out enhanced the motivation to learn, fostered children’s curiosity, improved the self-esteem of students with educational difficulties and, as a consequence, reduced the risk of anxiety disorders and child phobia at the stage of early school education.