Tynker Blog

New in the Tynker App: Upload Your Own Pictures, Artwork, and More! We’ve talked to dozens of kids who use the Tynker app to learn about what we could be doing better. Over and over again, we heard the same thing: let us upload our own pictures and artwork! Well, here it is! How It Works Just download the latest version of […]

Back-to-School Guide for Tynker Teachers As you gear up for the school year, here are some helpful tips to get you up and running with Tynker and to get your students coding! Migrate Students to New Classes If you’ve used Tynker before and your students need to join a new Tynker classroom (potentially with a different teacher), there are a few […]

Tynker Community Highlights: August 15 – 21 Every Monday, we’ll be sharing a handful of our favorite projects that have been published on the Tynker app this past week. Tamia is six and a half years old and lives in the East Bay. She coded this fun never-ending math quiz game. How far can you get? Have you been keeping […]

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Tynker Tynker programming courses are self-guided and self-paced, but there are always things you can do to make your child’s experience more successful and fun. We talked to a few parents whose kids have completed multiple Tynker courses to get an idea of how they helped to keep their children engaged and learning. Here’s what […]

Meet Paige: Artist, Animal Lover, and Coder Paige is an 11-year-old from Bow, Washington who has published some truly delightful projects to the Tynker community, many of which involve taking care of animals and beautiful hand-drawn artwork. We asked her some questions about why she codes and what inspires her to create the projects she publishes. What are your hobbies? […]

How Coding Can Help Your Child Excel Coding is much more than a technical skill. It allows kids to interact in new ways with their digital worlds and become makers. Learning to code has been shown to strengthen computational thinking skills, and in the process, it’s giving kids an advantage in subjects like math and writing. It also helps foster […]

Why My Child Is Learning to Code Over the past few months, we’ve talked to dozens of parents whose children are learning to code with Tynker. Over and over again, we heard the same concern: My children spend so much time staring at screens. How do I make their screentime more creative and productive? For these parents, this was one […]

With Coding, Julian Makes His Own Rules Julian is a 4th grader from San Francisco whose awesome dragon game caught our eye. Read on to learn how he learned to code and why he loves making games! What are your hobbies? My hobbies are playing basketball, playing in the garden, playing inside, and reading. That’s my biggest hobby. Also coding and […]

 Express Yourself with Coding in Tynker’s Maker Community Tynker’s monitored community creates a safe environment for kids to publish their projects, see what other kids are making, and remix others’ creations. Since the community launched six months ago, we’ve been blown away by all the awesome projects that kids have shared. “My Pet Tuna” was made in Tynker by 12-year-old Jasmine! Coding is the Language of Creativity […]