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Artist Elena Brings Creativity Into Coding! Ten-year-old Elena is in 5th grade and lives in Lansing, Michigan. Her hobbies include drawing, fashion design, and playing the piano. We’ve loved playing her projects, and wanted to get to know her better! What’s your favorite subject in school? Art. What do you want to be when you grow up? A fashion designer, […]

Community Highlights: March 6 – 12 Here’s what’s new in the Tynker community this past week: Featured Makers We featured three more kid makers on the Tynker blog this week: Anthony from Chicago, Joshua from Vancouver, and Diego from San Jose. Here are a few quotes from them and their parents: Do you think other kids should try coding? I think […]

Noah Fuses Music and Art With Coding! Noah is in 5th grade and lives in Indiana. He’s eleven years old and likes to play the piano, play tennis, and code. He’s coded some really great projects, so we chatted with him to see what inspires him to code! What do you want to be when you grow up? I want […]

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Current and Future Artist Diego Enjoys the Tynker Community! Eleven-year-old Diego is in 6th grade and lives in San Jose, California. He likes drawing and watching cartoons like Adventure Time and Regular Show. He coded a fantastic project called “Two Scary Stories” that we loved, so we chatted with him to hear what he thinks about coding. What’s your favorite […]

Coding Prepares Joshua For His Dream Job! Eight-year-old Joshua is in 3rd grade. He lives in Vancouver and loves playing sports – basketball, tennis, and skiing are his favorites. Joshua also loves Lego robotics and creating idea sketches. We really liked his Tynker projects, and chatted with him to learn what he likes to do, and why he loves coding! […]

Learn Why Anthony Thinks Every Kid In the World Should Code! Ten-year-old Anthony is in 4th grade and lives in Chicago, Illinois. He enjoys playing video games and sports. His favorite video games are Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Minecraft, and he loves swimming, basketball, football, and playing with his puppy! We spoke with Anthony and his parents […]

Community Highlights: February 27 – March 5 Tynkerers have been coding up a storm! Here’s what’s new in the Tynker community from this past week: Featured Makers We featured four more amazing makers this week: Madi, who wants to be an elementary school teacher, Jonah, who wants to be a coder, Ethan, who wants to be an animator, and Natasha, […]

Madi Codes To Express Herself Madi is in 4th grade and just turned 10! She lives in Suamico, Wisconsin, and loves to write stories and draw – sometimes she combines the two and creates books! We spoke with her to learn more about why she loves coding with Tynker! What do you want to be when you grow up? I […]