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SyntaxSeed (Sherri W)

I have a repo in progress for this. Anyone can PR additions!

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Educational coding resources and activities for kids.

Coding Resources For Kids

This list contains English resources for pre-school and elementary school aged children to learn coding either online or via native apps.

Pre-School - Grade 1

No reading or only very basic reading required.

Apps

  • Lightbot App. $3

    • By SpriteBox LLC.
    • Android & iOS.
  • Algorithm City Pro App. $2

    • By Musteren.
    • Android.
  • CodeSpark Academy & The Foos. $7.99/m

    • Android & iOS.
    • Best on tablets.

Websites

Grade 2 - 3

Light reading skills required.

Websites

  • Code.org - CS Fundamentals (grades K-5). Free.

    • Pre-Reader Courses C & D 2018.
    • Pre-Reader Courses E & F.
    • MineCraft Hour Of Code - code.org/minecraft (grades 2+).
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Miriam Tocino

This is awesome! I was looking for resources to introduce pre-schoolers. Do you have any experience with any of the apps in there? Any recommendations? :D

And thank you for sharing!

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SyntaxSeed (Sherri W)

I have these on the list because I looked into them in depth. My kids have enjoyed Scratch, and CodeSpark and, Code.org.

And we had the LightBot & Algorithm City apps & both got a lot of use & were quite fun.

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Miriam Tocino

Thanks!! I'll check those out. :D

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Ben Halpern

Nice!

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Kale Dineal

I encourage your efforts. I allow to my children to play a real life simulation game that is the bitlife god mod. It provides lessons just like real life.

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