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Community Highlights – September 25-October 1 We have a lot of great projects to show you this week – Tynker users have been coding up a storm! From funny games to educational ones, kids impressed us once again with their creativity and enthusiasm.   Fluffville so Far…:If you’ve never been to Fluffville, you’re in for a treat! This project has […]

Vishnu Brings His Imagination to Life with Coding! Vishnu is a 10-year-old 4th grader who lives in Dallas, Texas. He likes to read, draw, and write! He told us that of all the books he’s read, his favorite is The Last Kid on Earth, because it’s “very interesting and appealing to me.” We’re really impressed by the projects Vishnu has […]

The Art of Maryam Mirzakhani’s Mathematics When we think of math, most of us don’t immediately draw a connection to painting. But to mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani’s daughter, that’s just how her mother’s work looked – like “painting.” The first woman and the first Iranian to win the prestigious Fields Medal, Maryam had just turned 40 when she died earlier this […]

Community Highlights – September 17-September 24 Happy Monday! It’s always exciting to look back on the previous week and find the best of the best projects and tweets – this week, we’re bringing you some cute projects about animals, and tweets and news focusing on drones!   After Hibernation: The bear from the “Hibernation” game returns! Help him redecorate his […]

For Chloe, Coding is a Stress Reliever! Chloe is in 5th grade and is 10 years old! She lives in San Jose, California, and in her free time she likes to read, take swimming lessons, and attend dance classes. In her words, “I mostly do Tynker on the weekends!” We’ve been really impressed by her projects lately, so we chatted […]

How to Code Your Own Autumn Leaves Project! Fall is quickly approaching, and it’ll soon be the season of pumpkin spice and cozy sweaters! One of our favorite parts of fall is seeing the leaves change. As the seasons change and trees produce less chlorophyll, their green color fades and makes way for other beautiful hues like red and yellow! […]

Community Highlights – September 10-September 16 Among this week’s highlights are a creative farming game, a whimsical zoo game, and a whole bunch of great tweets. We’re excited to bring you the best of the Tynker community! Projects of the Week: Cherries & Berries: Plant and harvest fruits and berries in this cool project. The Zoo of choices: Try your […]

Coding for Special Ed? It’s Real and It’s Helping In education, there is no such thing as one-curriculum-fits-all. We have to bend, stretch, and re-work our curriculum to fit every type of learner. That creates some unique problems: how do you reach every student? What speaks to their learning styles and abilities? Kyleigh Westervelt is focusing on just those issues […]

The Best of Tynker’s Summer Code-A-Thon This summer’s Code-A-Thon was a huge success! 15,361 kids wrote 3,595,276 lines of code following themes like “How Would You Change The World?” “Lights, Code, Action!” and “Teach Us Something!” Over the course of 10 weeks, we received 38,141 project submissions, and we were blown away by the depth and breadth of projects we […]