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Free Elementary School Coding Lesson

Introduce elementary school students to visual programming with this free coding lesson plan. Students learn basic coding concepts as they create interactive stories and design animations.

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46 Activities

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Recommended for Ages 8+

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No Prerequisites

Tynker Code Blocks

Tynker's visual code blocks are a great way for beginners to code, without needing to remember how to type syntax. By dragging and dropping code blocks together, young coders can produce vividly complex programs and games in our proprietary app, which includes support for graphics, sound, physics, and more.

What Kids Learn

  • advanced animation
  • advanced costume handling
  • advanced motion
  • conditional loops
  • delays
  • direction and turning
  • geometric shapes and angles
  • input/output
  • layers
  • negative logic
  • pattern recognition
  • pen color
  • pen shade
  • pen size
  • resize actor
  • screen bounds
  • sequencing
  • simple conditionals
  • simple costume handling
  • simple drawing
  • simple events
  • simple loops
  • simple messaging
  • simple motion
  • simple sound playing
  • visibility

How Kids Learn with Tynker

Kids learn on their own with a guided, hands-on approach that individualizes the learning experience. Tynker's online courses provide a complete learning system for your child to master the fundamentals of programming. Tynker's visual programming language makes it easy to learn, and once kids gain proficiency, they can seamlessly transition to Javascript coding within the Tynker learning system. Enroll in one of our plans for unlimited play across all courses.

Game-Based Learning

Tynker's self-guided lessons break down coding concepts while solving puzzles and making cool apps.

Interactive Assessments

Quick practice quizzes and assessment tests evaluate a child's comprehension of subjects taught.

Captivating Topics

There's always something to learn with multiple subjects, projects, and coding languages available.

System Requirements

Online courses require a desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet connection and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.

Welcome to Tynker

Use Tynker Workshop with guided tutorials, training videos and then build a simple game.

10 Activities:

  • Introduction
  • Intro Video
  • Puzzles Intro
  • Collect the tablet
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Detect the pattern
  • Tutorial Intro
  • Move Gus
  • Alien Sounds
  • Quiz

Candy Quest

Design your own candy troll character and go on a quest for candy using the character you made.

13 Activities:

  • Create Your Character
  • Pick up the Candy
  • Get the Gum Drop
  • Avoid the Thimbles
  • Repetition with Loops
  • Repeat the Pattern
  • Sequenced Repetition
  • Two Loops
  • Using Conditional Loops
  • Using "Not" in Loops
  • Conditionals
  • Multiple Conditionals
  • If-Else

Animated Card Creator

Create an interactive greeting card. Make it unique with special effects and animated characters.

1 Activity:

  • Greeting Cards!

Dragon Dash

Go on an epic quest for treasure with your own custom dragon. Defeat knights and solve mazes!

13 Activities:

  • Selector
  • Forward
  • Fly Up
  • Forward. Fly Up.
  • Eat and Blast
  • Drop Down. Turn Around.
  • Defeat the Knight
  • Spiral Up
  • Ziggurat
  • Fly. Fly. Fly Up.
  • Get the Knights!
  • Flags
  • Power Up

Create a Comic

Learn to create a comic.

1 Activity:

  • Comic Creator

Pattern Maker

Draw shapes, flowers, butterflies, fractals, spirals and make your own fun mathematical patterns.

8 Activities:

  • Right Angle
  • Use Loops
  • Star
  • Mountain Range
  • House
  • Starburst
  • Introduction to Drawing
  • What is the coolest pattern you can make?

advanced animation

advanced costume handling

advanced motion

conditional loops

delays

direction and turning

geometric shapes and angles

input/output

layers

negative logic

pattern recognition

pen color

pen shade

pen size

resize actor

screen bounds

sequencing

simple conditionals

simple costume handling

simple drawing

simple events

simple loops

simple messaging

simple motion

simple sound playing

visibility

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