Coding – Programming

Updated 12-4-22

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

5th grade

MS

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. Basics of Coding–from AT&T
3. BeeBop–based on the Beebop floor robot–free
4. BotLogic–great for Kindergarten and youngers
5. BrainPop coding games
6. Build a website–a guide
7. Cargo-Bot—logic iPad game
8. Cato’s Hike (K+)
9. Chrome Experiments–geeky experimentation with programming
10. Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+)
11. Code.org–learn to code; with teacher accounts, no student emails required (join with Join code)
12. Codespace–coding curriculum
13. Daisy the Dinosaur—intro to programming
14. Edabit–learn to code with interactive challenges
15. Grasshopper–coding app for beginners with lesson tutorials; intuitive
16. Hopscotch (for up to intermediate–more complicated that Kodable)
17. I like programming video
18. Kodu—game programming
19. Learn to code
20. LightBot Jr.–programming for six-year olds
21. Lightbot–solving puzzles with programming; MS
22. Minecraft coding mod
23. Move the Turtle–programming via iPad for middle school
24. Osmo Coding--a purchased game system to teach coding
25. Pencil Code
26. Pyonkee–free, a little glitchy
27. Robby Leonardi–programmer–a game played about programming in the style of Mario
28. ScratchJr--for ages 5-7
29. Stencyl–build games without coding with downloaded software
30. Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
31. Swift Playground–from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code
32. Symbaloo collection for coding
33. TED Talk on young programmers
34. 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. Drones
4. Mebo
5. Robot Don
6. Sphero

Scratch

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

Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan.