Coding – Programming

Updated 4-19-18

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
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)

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. Google’s CS First–set up free computer science clubs
9. Hummingbird Robotics
10. I like programming video
11. Kodu—game programming
12. KOOV–by Sony Education
13. Learn to code
14. Minecraft coding mod
15. Pencil Code
16. Pivot Stickfigure Animator–free, download, powerful, with a cult following
17. Robby Leonardi–programmer–a game played about programming in the style of Mario
18. Roboblockly–to teach coding and math, from UCDavis
19. Stencyl–build games without coding with downloaded software
20. Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
21. Symbaloo collection for coding
22. TED Talk on young programmers
23. 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.