Coding for Kids
Father’s Day is coming right up! It’s the perfect day for kids to spend quality time with their fathers or other important role models.
Father’s Day became an official holiday almost 60 years after Mother’s Day was recognized. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd dreamed up the idea while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in her church! An innovative history deserves an innovative celebration – why not celebrate Father’s Day with two new coding projects from Tynker?
Father’s Day Fishing is a game kids can program and play with their dads. It comes with a step-by-step tutorial that guides them through programming a fun fishing game where players raise and lower their hooks to catch fish! It’s available on both web and mobile, so it’s easy to make and enjoy a little friendly competition with a loved one.
Fathercraft puts a creative spin on Father’s Day festivities! Kids can create a Minecraft skin of their dad and customize it until it looks just like him. Encourage your children to share the finished product with their dads. They can even download the skin and upload it to their Minecraft account in order to play Minecraft using their Fathercraft skin! Fathercraft is available on our web platform.
If you’re looking for more fun Father’s Day coding activities, check out our Father’s Day dress-up game from last year!
Thank you to all the fathers, mentors, and role models who have helped children gravitate toward and stick with coding. Happy Father’s Day!
Parents, to give a project to your child:
- Have your child log in to his/her account.
- Click on the “Start Tutorial” button above (in this blog post) to open the project.
- Save the project.
Teachers, to assign a project to your class:
- Log in to your Tynker account.
- Click on the “Start Tutorial” button above (in this blog post) to open the project.
- Save the project to your account.
- Go to your “My Projects” section.
- Hover over the project you want to assign and click the “Assign+” button.
After your class has finished, don’t forget to create a class showcase of all your students’ projects to share with parents.
If your students or children use the Tynker app for iPad, they can find Father’s Day Fishing in the “Seasonal Projects” folder in the Tynker Workshop. Fathercraft is not available on the Tynker app.
We can’t wait to see what your students and kids create to celebrate Father’s Day! Share their projects on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram and be sure to tag us.
