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Parrot Drone + Tynker Subscription = Parrot Mambo Code We’re excited to unveil Parrot Mambo Code, an exciting way to learn to code and become a drone pilot at the same time! This bundle, which allows new pilots to practice their drone flying skills in a virtual environment before executing the commands on a real drone, includes a Parrot Mambo minidrone […]

Week 9 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Who’s Your Hero? It’s Week 9 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! This week we ask kids to create a project in response to a question: who’s your hero? Kids can define “hero” however they’d like – it could be anyone from a character in a favorite book, to a family member, to a classic superhero. They’ll begin with […]

10 Coding Courses Now Available on the Tynker App   Tynker is taking learning to code on the iPad to a whole new level! In yesterday’s Tynker app update, featured by Apple under “Best New App Updates,” we extended our award-winning online courses to the Tynker iPad app. We’re excited to announce that 10 self-guided courses are now available on […]

Coding Gives Ané a Greater Appreciation for the Games She Plays! Thirteen-year-old Ané is in 7th grade and lives and codes in South Africa. Her hobbies include swimming, piano, and LEGO League Robotics! We’ve been really impressed with her games and wanted to chat with her to learn more about what motivates her to code. What’s your favorite subject in school? […]

Community Highlights: 7/24-7/31 We’re excited to share our favorite projects and tweets from last week! We saw some exceptionally creative games this week, and can’t wait for you to try them out. Projects of the Week: Your Dog Olive: Take care of your cute dog Olive. You can even brush his teeth! The Impossible Quiz: This remake of the classic Flash […]

Week 8 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Teach Us Something! It’s already week 8 of the Summer Code-A-Thon! This week’s theme is an especially exciting one – we’re challenging kids to teach us something. This is their chance to share their knowledge about anything, be it an academic interest or a sports skill. We can’t wait to see what projects they share with […]

Nitish, Future Scientist (or Engineer), Loves Coding! Nitish is a rising fourth grader who’s turning 10 in just a few months! In his spare time, he enjoys gaming, but also playing outside. And, in his words, “I’m an art guy.” His projects are really impressive – he even created original music for his projects! He’s one of our Code-A-Thon winners […]

Community Highlights: July 17-24 Each week, we share the best and brightest of the Tynker community. Here are the projects and tweets we loved this week – keep contributing to the community! Projects of the Week: Future of Cyborgs: The Movie: Featured Maker Layla returns with a dystopian tour de force! Hamburguesa’s Morning: A talking hamburger that’s late for work? […]

Week 7 Summer Code-A-Thon Challenge: Create a Project About Pets! Week 7 of the Summer Code-A-Thon is upon us! Whether your kids have a dog or cat, fish or snake (or just the bugs and birds in the backyard), summer is an ideal time to spend time playing with and taking care of pets. This week we’re challenging kids to […]