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Meet our newest Featured Maker and Coding Cup winner, 12-year-old Aiden from Missouri! Aiden likes Legos, and coding. Awesome! Aiden recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker.  How did you learn how to use Tynker when you were first starting out? What are some of your favorites? courses or tutorials? I’ll make someone’s project and try to […]

At Tynker, we want to make it incredibly easy to get your classroom started! That’s why we support Apple single sign-on for both teachers and students.  You can get started quickly with the steps below.  Setup Steps 2. Click on the “Create New Classroom” orange button if you don’t have a class or “Add Class” if you already have a […]

At Tynker, we want to make it incredibly easy to start your classroom, and we know many schools have teacher and student accounts with Microsoft/Azure.  You can get started quickly by signing in and rostering your students with the steps below. Set Up Steps 2. Click on the “Create New Classroom” orange button if you don’t have a class or […]

School’s almost out but that doesn’t mean kids and teens should stop learning. In fact, this is the perfect time for parents to help them avoid the dreaded Summer Slide—the loss of knowledge over summer break. Students, on average, lose up to 30% of their school-year learning over the summer. Fortunately, this doesn’t have to happen! Children can exercise their […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker and Coding Cup winner, 14-year-old Silas from Atlanta! Silas likes origami, soccer, and horseback riding. Neat! Silas recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker.  So did you like Coding Cup? Yeah, I loved it. What was your favorite thing about Coding Cup? How challenging it was. You have to try and figure […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker and Coding Cup winner, 10-year-old Ethan from Western Australia! Ethan likes to play piano and code. Super! Ethan Recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker.  Do you have an idea of what you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a remote designer and coder. What’s your favorite […]

Familiarity with data science has become one of the fundamental building blocks of a contemporary education. Further, introducing its tenets at an early age can help children be more successful in other disciplines as well. The key is to introduce the subject in a manner that is easy for them to comprehend. With that in mind, here are some tips […]

A kid-friendly game exploring the concepts of survival and exploration, Minecraft helps children develop a wide variety of skills by engaging their imaginations and creativity. Kids can use Minecraft to create anything from a simple shack to a burgeoning city.  They also encounter monsters and other challenges along the way to make things more interesting. These latter aspects of the […]

The process of coming up with a reasonable solution to a problem after careful examination is referred to as logical thinking. Developing this skill is of considerable importance to a child as it gives them the ability to resolve concerns, generate creative ideas and achieve goals. What’s more, children who become adept at logical thinking are more likely to be […]