Coding for Kids

Another successful Tynker Summer Code Jam is in the record books, and we’re excited to announce the GRAND PRIZE WINNERS! If you missed the final results as we revealed them live, you can still watch the video on YouTube. 1st Place – Happy Day – $2,000 Happy Day created amazing baseball and sporting projects with an imaginative blend of stories and games […]

In this introductory course, you’ll explore science, sports, politics, climate change, and much more while learning how to interrogate a data set, just like a data pro, and make your own conclusions. Data is everywhere around us, transforming our world. And data analysis brings exciting insights and discoveries to bear in almost every field imaginable. The applications are countless: the […]

Dr. Bryan Sanders is the Director of Technology and a Computer Science Instructor at St. James Episcopal School in Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter at @nayrbgo. That which was once radical is now mainstream. Case in point, the number of students using computers in classrooms has dramatically increased in the last four decades. Dr. Seymour Papert, widely recognized for […]

Over the last several years, the ability to code has gone from novelty to necessity. What once was considered an elective in school has quickly become a requirement, while tech is today’s fastest-growing job market. Meanwhile, the feedback we’ve gotten from Tynker parents and their children is clear: Can you code? In the next twenty to thirty years, your child […]

This Mother’s Day, create a hilarious gift that Mom is sure to love – a Mad Libs–style story! Start by writing a story about your mother (or another important role model in your life) explaining why you love her. When you’re done, take out certain words to create blanks – these will be filled in by whoever is using the […]

The technological revolution is alive and kicking with a seemingly endless wave of stories highlighting awe-inspiring innovation. Yesterday, it was the out-of-this-world new device your neighbor was showing off. Today, it’s the amazing app your kid downloaded to your phone that’s going to change your life. Tomorrow, who knows? What’s happening in the world of technology? Are the possibilities to […]

Tynker’s mission is to provide every child with a solid foundation in computer programming, a skill that will prepare them to become architects of their future. To meet that goal, Tynker has recently added new ways for kids of all ages and experience levels to learn coding, from kindergarten through high school. Learning to code using traditional methods can be […]

Inspire Your Child to Show They Care–With Code! Valentine’s Day is all about connecting with others and sharing how you feel. It’s about letting your friends and family know you care about them in ways that perhaps we don’t do everyday. That’s what makes Valentine’s Day special! Are you looking for a unique way for your kids to express their […]

Tynker is Taking Coding for Kids to a Whole New Level in 2021 Tynker is more determined than ever to make our coding platform bigger and better in 2021. Thankfully, we continued to grow with our young coders this past year, and they responded in record numbers. We had over 40,000 submissions to our three Code Jams and handed out […]