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Learning to code means stepping out of your comfort zone, dealing with frustration, and leaning into discomfort.

https://scratch.mit.edu/ I saw this website where children can animate few cartoons. It can work as a prelude to learn coding. Here coding is very simple like jump 4 times or move three steps.

It could be useful even in schools that teaches thinking skills classes.

An oldie, but a goodie! Scratch is a free tool designed to support the development of coding skills. Available in 40+ languages and aimed at students aged 8 and up. Students can program their own interactive stories, games, and animations - and share their creations with others in the online community.

Actually there is also a new curriculum for Scratch with worksheets: http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/guide/download.html It has also been translated into several languages. This is a very helpful tool if you want to start introducing programming to a class. I have been using it now twice, and I am happy with the outcome. In particular the worksheets are so helpful and give you more time to support the individual child.

I have use code.org as an introduction before using scratch. It allows the children participate it in games involving angry birds, plants vs zombies, flappy birds and the disney frozen characters.

This 20-hour course introduces core computer science and programming concepts. The course is designed for use in classrooms for grades K-8, but it is fun to learn at all ages.

I've used http;//www.codeacademy.com too and I know locally its used by secondary schools to teach coding for students. Its a fantastic tool.

Great tool! It works on android tablets! I tried also http://scratch.mit.edu/ and http://snap.berkeley.edu/ but they works only on PC :(

April 22, 2016 Google has recently launched a new interesting website called Computer Science Education to help students learn coding and computer science. Google Computer Science Education provides a collection of powerful tools, resources and programs to engage students in learning about the wonders of computer science. It also provides them with a number of scholarships, internships, residences and several other resources to help them develop their professional and technical skills.

Are you over 6 and under 18? Do you like computers, games and coding (or are you interested in teaching yourself to code)? Then CoderDojo is perfect for you!

A worldwide network of coding clubs for children aged 9-11. I use ready to go Scratch projects from this site to help run my coding club, however it is also great as classroom support or enrichment.

my kids love making the robots dance on the robot boogie challenge! I would have suggested this myself. It's interesting to watch them switch from the sliders to inputting numbers, adjusting and checking the results.

Developing a culture of problem-solving and autonomy in the classroom means that you'll be freed to focus on helping students that are struggling and challenging students who pick up the material quickly. There will be more time to build lasting relationships with your students, develop strong classroom culture, and ensure that your students are

Learn the basics of the JavaScript programming language. Create an interactive animation of your own name. A did this activity with a few Year 4 students (8/9 years old). Codecademy has lots of interactive learn to code examples, older students or students needing extension activities could use the Python tutorial.

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You can create a message exchange between fictional characters, which can be saved as a QR code for easy reference.

Fabulous online robotics challenge - I use it in my school with grades 3-6 (Australia) as we do not have robotics.

This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

A very good resource indeed! Completes greatly the first lesson of K-5 Course 1 of code.org, I think.

Webs: Create a free website with professionally designed website templates, free web hosting, and easy to use free website builder. No coding skills needed! This is a great user friendly way for our students to create websites to achieve the content learning goal without spending time having to learn webs.com. Better than WIX for students using this type of technology for the 1st time.

A great site to get started with programming! Lots of resources!

Great resource for teaching basic coding.