Nintendo takes Labo gaming kits to school to get kids interested in science, math and tech

Third-grade students at the Douglass G Grafflin School in Chappaqua, New York, participate in an interactive learning session with the Nintendo Labo: Variety Kit for the Nintendo Switch system, led by Rebecca Rufo-Tepper, Co-Executive Director of the Institute of Play. Nintendo Labo is going to school. The video game maker is teaming up with the non-profit Institute of Play to bring its Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Labo cardboard gaming kits to 100 elementary schools around the country. "Our goal is to help teachers and students have fun with the basic principles of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, collectively known as STEAM," says Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. "We believe Nintendo Labo can be a powerful learning tool to foster 21st Century skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving."