The latest articles on DEV Community by song honglei (@song_honglei_2008). https://dev.to/song_honglei_2008 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4015734%2F1b0dc7d2-fc70-4e8f-95c8-eb7ed14fbbe7.jpg https://dev.to/song_honglei_2008 en song honglei Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:46:52 +0000 https://dev.to/song_honglei_2008/i-built-a-free-coding-quiz-game-for-kids-what-i-learned-347e https://dev.to/song_honglei_2008/i-built-a-free-coding-quiz-game-for-kids-what-i-learned-347e <p>I wanted my 6th grader to learn programming, but existing tools either felt too abstract (Scratch) or too text-heavy (Python tutorials). So I built Coding Star Kids — a browser-based quiz adventure.</p> <p>What it does: 3 stages, 84 questions. Beginner covers basic concepts. Elementary introduces conditionals and loops. Intermediate tackles functions and algorithms.</p> <p>Design decisions:</p> <p>Quiz format over tutorial format — active recall beats passive learning<br> Locked stages = built-in motivation. Kids WANT to unlock the next level<br> Bilingual UI from day one — spent more time on i18n than I expected<br> Zero dependencies. Just HTML, CSS, and vanilla JS on Vercel<br> Try it: <a href="https://kidcodingnow.vercel.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://kidcodingnow.vercel.app/</a> Source: <a href="https://github.com/Songhonglei/coding-game" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Songhonglei/coding-game</a></p> <p>What's your experience teaching kids to code? What worked, what didn't?</p> <p>编程小达人 — 用闯关游戏的方式，让零基础的孩子爱上编程 🎮</p> webdev opensource beginners kid