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Tyrus Taught His Older Sister How to Code! Nine-year-old Tyrus is in 5th grade and lives in Deering, New Hampshire. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, as well as playing soccer, badminton, and basketball. When we called him for his interview, he picked up saying, “Oh, I was actually just using Tynker!” What do you want to be when […]

6 Ways Kids Benefit from Tinkering So your child has shown an interest in tinkering—that’s great news! Even if they’re at the stage where they’re taking apart the toaster (and not quite mastering its reassembly), it’s important to find ways to foster your child’s curiosity and imagination. Tinkering—especially controlling robots, drones, and other connected toys with code—makes for a great […]

Community Highlights – August 21-August 25 We like to do a weekly round-up of what’s been happening in the Tynker community – and we have some great things to share this week! School is back in session and everyone’s creativity is ramping up. Check out some of our favorite projects, tweets, and more! Projects of the Week: Solar System Rap: This funny, […]

Dorothy Vaughan: A Story of Mathematics, Determination, and Intuition Without programming, space travel simply wouldn’t be possible. What many people don’t know is that women were some of the first computer programmers! To kick off our series of blog articles featuring women in STEM, we’re taking a look at Dorothy Vaughan and her early navigation of the field of computer […]

Creator Toby Explores the Tynker Community with His Friends! Featured Maker Toby is a 5th grader from Flora, Indiana. He’s eleven years old and loves to read and play soccer. We loved his game “The Sneaky Spy” – it’s really creative and fun to play! We were curious to learn where Toby gets his ideas and why he loves to […]

The Buzz on Coding and Outer Space Did you catch the solar eclipse? We’re really excited to see how the eclipse got so many people learning more about space – and how coding plays such a vital role in space travel! We even created a STEM tutorial (you can see part of it above) explaining the eclipse. Here are the […]

Community Highlights – August 14 – August 21 Every week we share the best tweets and projects from the Tynker community. We’re so excited for you to check out this week’s highlights, from baby dragons to schools starting the year with Tynker! Projects of the Week: super kitty episode 3: Check out this awesome animation about a cat superhero. My […]

Texas Educator Amy Storer Takes PBL to a Whole New Level Texas has a long history in the pantheon of computing, so it’s no mystery that Texas still creates thousands of computing jobs and will eventually need code-minded students to fill those. Montgomery, TX, educator Amy Storer – also a Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator – makes creativity in the classroom […]

Coding Allows Camille to Combine Math and Art! Camille is in 4th grade and lives in St. Louis, Missouri! She’s ten years old and likes Roblox, playing piano, and in her words, “Tynker of course – I really like that, it’s fun.” We’ve been really excited by her projects so we wanted to find out more about why she codes […]