For Parents

5 Tips for Healthy Screen Time Our kids are growing up as digital natives, and it’s clear that screens are here to stay. Most of us have heard about the negative effects of too much screen time – from depression to sleep deprivation to childhood obesity – so how can we teach our kids to use technology in healthy ways? […]

Try This 6-Step Brain Bootcamp at Home Brainstorming ways to make your child’s screen time more productive and active? You’re not alone! It can be hard to keep kids stimulated while striking a balance between screen time and active time. Although kids should be engaging in at least an hour of physical activity every day, most kids are not meeting […]

3 Reasons Parents Choose a Tynker Coding Education When you’re looking for a way to help your child learn to code, it can be hard to know where to start – especially if you’re not familiar with coding yourself. An impactful coding platform must be engaging enough to draw kids in and challenging enough to help them learn. With Tynker’s […]

Summer is a great time for kids to try new things!   They can learn something new, or enjoy a game-like approach to boosting skills that will serve them well during the next school year.  With Tynker, kids can create and share fun projects with their friends this summer, while developing critical computational thinking skills. To get started, kids can take their […]

Many parents who homeschool their children have adopted Tynker to help their kids learn to code. Why? Not only is it fun and easy for homeschoolers to learn on their own with Tynker, but Tynker easily integrates into individualized learning programs — and it supports so many different areas of learning. Tynker is proud to announce that, based on our […]

Programming for Kids: Parents Ask, Tynker Answers – Part 2 Parents of young children wanting to help their kids learn programming have a number of questions about it – what does programming mean, is my child too young (or old) for it, I do not know programming myself so how do I ensure my child is learning – and so […]