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. Hopscotch (for up to intermediate–more complicated that Kodable)
7. Kodable
8. Lego Fix the Factory (app)
9. LightBot Jr.–programming for six-year olds
10. Lightbot–solving puzzles with programming; MS
11. Move the Turtle–programming via iPad for middle school
12. Osmo Coding--a purchased game system to teach coding
13. Pyonkee–free, a little glitchy
14. ScratchJr--for ages 5-7
15. 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. Edabit–learn to code with interactive challenges
7. I like programming video
8. Kodu—game programming
9. KOOV–by Sony Education
10. Learn to code
11. Minecraft coding mod
12. Pivot Stickfigure Animator–free, download, powerful, with a cult following
13. Robby Leonardi–programmer–a game played about programming in the style of Mario
14. Roboblockly–to teach coding and math, from UCDavis
15. Stencyl–build games without coding with downloaded software
16. Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
17. Symbaloo collection for coding
18. TED Talk on young programmers

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.