Author Archive for Tynker

Community Highlights: January 27 – February 2 Every Monday we share the best of the Tynker community with you! From feeding chickens to dancing pandas, we saw some fantastic projects this week. We also saw lots of creative tweets – kids (and teachers!) are having a great time coding with Tynker. Have fun playing these awesome games, and don’t forget to […]

The conventional belief has always been that kids interested in coding should develop strong math skills. However, it turns out the reverse may also be true: coding can help children build math skills and make learning math more engaging and fun. In the three years that Casita Center, a magnet elementary school in Southern California, has been teaching coding with Tynker, […]

Win a Drone for Your Class at TCEA 2018! It’s easy to teach coding with drones – and we’re making it even easier by giving away drones at this year’s TCEA Convention & Exposition in Austin, Texas! We’ll be there February 5–9 to help you integrate coding into your classroom, no matter what your level of coding experience is. Come […]

Coding is JuniorGamerGuy’s Fourth Language! Twelve-year-old JuniorGamerGuy is in the 7th grade in Ukraine, and he has lots of fantastic hobbies! He’s an incredibly impressive maker who loves black and white TV shows (his favorite two shows are the Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction) and enjoys drinking warm fresh milk from his goats every day. He also likes creating with […]

Community Highlights: January 20 – January 26 It’s Monday, which means we get to share the best of the Tynker community with you! This week we saw some really creative projects, with lots of animal-related games. We also saw lots of fantastic tweets – kids (and teachers!) are having a great time coding with Tynker. Have fun playing through these […]

Yvon is Only Ten, But Already a Seasoned Programmer! This week’s featured maker is an experienced coder – she’s only ten years old but has already been programming games for two years! Meet Yvon, who lives and codes in Indonesia. Her hobbies include making projects in Tynker, playing games, and doing puzzles! Most people at her school don’t even know […]

Ysabella Puts Her Heart Into Everything She Does! Ten-year-old Ysabella has only been using Tynker for two months, but she has already created fantastic projects! She’s in 4th grade and enjoys playing piano and flute, especially classical and Christmas songs. She writes and sings her own compositions, and even sent us an amazing video of one of her original songs! According […]

Make 2018 Your Best Year with Tynker We’re excited to kick off 2018 with tons of new Tynker content and features for your family to enjoy! Please take a minute to get caught up on everything we’ve added over the past year: Visual and text language switcher. As your child gains confidence in their block coding abilities, they can now […]

Community Highlights: January 13 – January 19 As always, we’re excited to share the best of the Tynker community with you! We saw some amazing projects, including a quiz inspired by Harry Potter, a brand new talk show, and a new take on everyday life. We also saw lots of fantastic tweets – kids (and teachers!) are having a great […]