Coding – Programming

Updated 5-13-25

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:

Kindergarten

1st grade

2nd grade

3rd grade

4th grade

HS

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. Jotform App Builder
6. Metaverse–create apps using Metaverse’s AR platform
7. Thunkable

Coding Curriculum

1. Code Academy
2. Coursera
3. Free Code Camp
4. Google Computer Science for High School–free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers
5. Learn to Code (for free)
6. PluralSight
7. Ted-ED Think Like A Coder–a 10-episode cartoon-based series to teach kids about coding in a game format
8. Tree House

Hour of Code

Miscellaneous

1. Animatron–design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices.
2. BeeBop–based on the Beebop floor robot–free
3. BotLogic–great for Kindergarten and youngers
4. Build a website–a guide
5. Cargo-Bot—logic iPad game
6. Cato’s Hike (K+)
7. Chrome Experiments–geeky experimentation with programming
8. Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+)
9. Code.org–learn to code; with teacher accounts, no student emails required (join with Join code)
10. Codespace–coding curriculum
11. Daisy the Dinosaur—intro to programming
12. Edabit–learn to code with interactive challenges
13. Hopscotch (for up to intermediate–more complicated that Kodable)
14. I like programming video
15. Kodu—game programming
16. Learn to code
17. LightBot Jr.–programming for six-year olds
18. Lightbot–solving puzzles with programming; MS
19. Minecraft coding mod
20. Move the Turtle–programming via iPad for middle school
21. Pencil Code
22. Pyonkee–free, a little glitchy
23. Robby Leonardi–programmer–a game played about programming in the style of Mario
24. ScratchJr--for ages 5-7
25. Stencyl–build games without coding with downloaded software
26. Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
27. Swift Playground–from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code
28. Symbaloo collection for coding
29. TED Talk on young programmers
30. Which Language Should You Learn to Code–an infographic of options

Robotics

1. Cue–from Wonder Workshop
2. Dash and Dot — from Wonder Workshop–younger thinkers
3. Mebo
4. Sphero

Scratch

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

Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan.