Coding for Kids

12 Ways to Keep Your Child’s Mind Sharp This Summer School’s out and many in-person summer camps are closed due to the ongoing pandemic, but that doesn’t mean that learning has to stop! In fact, summer vacation can be one of the best times for kids to learn, as they have more time to really explore their interests and dig […]

When it comes to preparing your kids for the future, there are few better ways than having your kids learn to code! Valuable and necessary in today’s digital world, coding for kids helps them develop academically, building perseverance and organization, skills that can translate into a career. From the Tynker blog, here are the top 10 reasons kids of all […]

It All Adds Up—Coding Helps Kids In Math! This spring has seen parents scrambling to find ways to maintain some kind of normalcy in their kids’ education. And now, just as kids have grown accustomed to an online/remote learning environment, the school year is coming to an end. So how do parents motivate their kids to keep learning from home […]

Tynker’s Top 5 Coding Courses in April While adjusting to remote/online learning this spring, we’ve seen more kids gravitate to Tynker than ever before, completing close to 3 million coding activities in the last 45 days—Amazing! Whether they’re interested in game design, drones, art, math, robotics, music, or advanced coding languages like Python, kids of all interests and experience levels […]

How About Some Good News? With everything that’s been happening over the last few weeks, it’s important to find good news where you can. Whether it’s been the incredible response by our health care workers, the kindness of neighbors, or the generosity of those donating time and money to relief efforts, the human spirit is intact and running on all […]

Setbacks Can Be Steps Forward When you pour your heart and soul into a project and it doesn’t work out, it can be discouraging to say the least. The emotional residue of not being able to finish or sustain something you really worked hard on can have long-lasting effects, even becoming a detriment to other endeavors. For kids, failure can […]

What Is Coding For Kids? With the new year upon us and kids heading back to school, this is the perfect time for parents to introduce their kids to coding. By this point, you’ve probably read about all the excitement in coding or seen it talked about on TV. But, what exactly is coding? Simply, it’s the instructions your computer […]

A Gift Kids Will Be Grateful For As parents, we can’t help but be interested in our kids’ education. We make sure they attend the best schools, get enough food and sleep, and we try to instill good study habits.  But where will the jobs be for the next generation? And how can we make sure our kids are best […]

5 Ways Learning to Code Helps Kids Succeed in School It’s August, which means that many kids are going back to school! Time for them to learn subjects that will help them succeed in life, like writing, math, science, and more. Did you know that learning to code can help your child develop skills that are valuable across all subjects, […]