Featured Maker

Meet 11-year-old Mason from Illinois — our newest Featured Maker! In school, Mason loves math because it’s fun and easy. But when he gets home? It’s all about gaming! Mason’s love of video games isn’t too unusual for kids his age, but his passion for designing them is what truly makes him stand out. He’d love to be a game […]

Our newest Featured Maker, Nathan from Ohio, has a huge collection of hobbies in addition to coding — he’s a gymnast, a piano player and even a yellow belt in karate. Above all though, Nathan loves storytelling and his affinity for reading and history steers his future aspirations. At 8 years old, he already knows he’d like to be an […]

Featured Maker Teagan: Exploring the Paws-ibilities of Coding Meet Teagan, our newest Featured Maker from Colorado! Teagan is 12 and has a passion for both coding and drawing — particularly drawing cats. Why cats? Well, as an aspiring veterinarian, Teagan is a pretty big fan of our feline friends. In fact, it was Teagan’s “Make a Cat” project that brought […]

Our Featured Maker Emil has joined us all the way from Norway to talk about his experience coding with Tynker! A fourth grader, Emil is ten years old and has a passion for handball, ice skating and, especially, geology! It’s his favorite subject in school because he loves to understand the way the earth moves and works. With a wealth […]

It’s hard to imagine that our Featured Maker, 12-year-old Amaya, has any free time at all. After all, this California native already plays four instruments — cello’s her favorite, but she also plays piano, violin and ukulele! But attending a STEM school has given Amaya and her family a great appreciation for the importance of learning coding through Tynker. So, […]

California third-grader Hyzzaneesa thinks she wants to be an environmental scientist when she grows up, though she’s not quite sure yet and admits she might change her mind. That’s okay, at 8 years old, Hyzzaneesa has plenty of time to figure that out. In the meantime? She’s just glad to be Tynker’ing, and we’re glad she is too, because she’s […]

Hour of Code 2019: Striving to Achieve Global Goals Students can drive global change across the world, and here at Tynker, we want to empower them to do just that. There is no better place to start than the Hour of Code, and we are proud to announce a series of projects that drive students to create solutions for global […]

Charles Draws Coding Inspiration from Classic Games! Charles is our newest Featured Maker from Ontario! He is eight years old and has a lot of interest in collecting classic Nintendo game characters and even drawing them! Particularly, Charles loves to draw Mario and Sonic and wants to become a game developer when he grows up. Since he loves to draw, […]

Featured Maker Madeline: Code-a-Thon Winner and Future Software Developer! We had the chance to speak with Madeline, one of the winners of the Wild Minecraft Code-a-Thon! Madeline is in 5th grade and is enjoying her English and history subjects, but her favorite subject is science, because she likes learning about animals. Her favorite animals are sharks, dolphins, and cheetahs. She’s […]