Coding – Programming

Updated 9-20-20

Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. I’ll start this list with web-based options, by grade level and then continue with a mash-up. Click for coding apps:

Kindergarten

1st grade

2nd grade

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

MS

Apps

1. BeeBop–based on the Beebop floor robot–free
2. Cargo-Bot—logic iPad game
3. Cato’s Hike (K+)
4. Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+)
5. Daisy the Dinosaur—intro to programming
6. Grasshopper–coding app for beginners with lesson tutorials; intuitive
7. Hopscotch (for up to intermediate–more complicated that Kodable)
8. Kodable
9. Lego Fix the Factory (app)
10. LightBot Jr.–programming for six-year olds
11. Lightbot–solving puzzles with programming; MS
12. Move the Turtle–programming via iPad for middle school
13. Osmo Coding--a purchased game system to teach coding
14. Pyonkee–free, a little glitchy
15. ScratchJr--for ages 5-7
16. Swift Playground–from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code

Build an App

1. Apps Geyser
2. App Inventor–build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT
3. Game Salad
4. Glide–create an app from a spreadsheet
5. Metaverse–create apps using Metaverse’s AR platform
6. Thunkable

Coding Curriculum

1. C-STEM Studio–download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics
2. Everyone Can Code–from Apple
3. Google Computer Science for High School–free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers
4. Learn to Code (for free)
5. Ted-ED Think Like A Coder–a 10-episode cartoon-based series to teach kids about coding in a game format

Hour of Code

Miscellaneous

1. Animatron–design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices.
2. Basics of Coding–from AT&T
3. BrainPop coding games
4. Build a website–a guide
5. Chrome Experiments–geeky experimentation with programming
6. Codespace–coding curriculum
7. Edabit–learn to code with interactive challenges
8. Hummingbird Robotics
9. I like programming video
10. Kodu—game programming
11. KOOV–by Sony Education
12. Learn to code
13. Minecraft coding mod
14. Pencil Code
15. Pivot Stickfigure Animator–free, download, powerful, with a cult following
16. Robby Leonardi–programmer–a game played about programming in the style of Mario
17. Roboblockly–to teach coding and math, from UCDavis
18. Stencyl–build games without coding with downloaded software
19. Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
20. Symbaloo collection for coding
21. TED Talk on young programmers
22. Which Language Should You Learn to Code–an infographic of options

Robotics

1. C-STEM Studio
2. Cue–from Wonder Workshop
3. Dash and Dot — from Wonder Workshop–younger thinkers
4. Drones
5. Mebo
6. Robot Don
7. Sphero

Scratch

Windows apps

1. CodeWriter 
2. HTML Programs

Click for an Hour of Code lesson plan bundle (K-8).

Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan.