It's 2024. Start a coding club for kids.
You can start a coding club at your school today. Here are some of my ideas for getting started.
Bring Your Scratch Skills to the Next Level
There are so many exciting games you can make as advanced Scratch Coders. With breadth and depth in computer programming skills, the sky’s the limit with game design. Here are some of our favourite games for advanced level coders.
Want extra ideas for your coding clubs?
Here are some of the activities we do at our Coding Kids clubs: program with Scratch, program with Python, program mBot, program Lego Mindstorms EV3, and build digital solutions with Makey Makey.
6 fundamentals of coding
There are only 6 fundamental concepts of coding. We covered the first three concepts in a previous blog post. Let's go through the last three concepts here: arithmetic, data storage, data in / data out.
3 logic patterns of coding
Coding, or computer programming, is built on three basic logic patterns:
- Sequencing
- Branching
- Looping
These three ideas form the basis of all coding knowledge.
"Is this correct?"
“Is this correct?” This is a typical question students new to coding ask their teachers. There’s nothing wrong in asking per se, but it highlights the effects of grading on hindering the development of a growth mindset.