Coding for Kids
Community Highlights: April 28 – May 4
It’s Monday, which means we get to bring you the best of the Tynker community! With this week’s projects you can design your own house, play Ping Pong, go on an adventure, and more. Don’t miss our favorite tweets of the week or our blog recap!
Projects of the Week
Dragon ball z arcade fighting by Osomarron gaming
This arcade game lets you play as Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z.
1-2 player ice vs fire NEW by Imperfect Luggage
This elemental fighting game has both one- and two-player game modes!
This clicker game lets you build your own kingdom! Click a question mark to learn the cost of an upgrade.
Ping Pong! by maadam
This single-player ping pong game works really well!
The Adventchurs Of Banana (IPad Virsion) by Quickest Fleece
This banana adventure involves jumping out of a plane and confronting an evil basketball.
This “life” themed game is simple: all you have to do is not succumb to sleep deprivation, run out of money, or starve.
the ultimate challenge 2 by Studious Climate
This game is full of fireballs that kill you in one hit. Can you make it to the end?
House Designer by littleozwald
This design tool lets you create your own house! Press “H” to view the keyboard controls, and press Q to change the furniture you are adding.
Tweets of the Week
Looks like these kids are learning how to test and debug code as they program their drones!
Superb piece of @gotynker coding by the summer Decoders team! They just need to code in the “drop item in box” commands now, not land in it @Parrot @ParrotEducation #stjcpdc #stjcpdecoders pic.twitter.com/O6c7mAtPJN
— St Joseph's Cathedral School Swansea (@StJosephsCPS) May 4, 2018
Cute tweet from a technology teacher.
It's always so exciting to watch my #3rdgrade Ss use @gotynker and figure things out! As usual, they LOVE it. @ShipleySchool #3rdchat
— Debra Finger (@teacherdebra) May 3, 2018
Great quote from this teacher about stepping out of her comfort zone.
Sometimes stepping out of your comfort zone is okay…I did and look what happened. I took the iPad cart to @melissasindelar 1st grade class and they had a great time with coding on Tynker. @BerthaBobcats #bpsne pic.twitter.com/2WZAHgnbcU
— Katie Fiala (@KTFiala) May 2, 2018
How adorable is this young programmer!? She’s so excited to mod.
4th grade digital artists are enjoying seeing their Minecraft designs from @gotynker imported into the Minecraft world! pic.twitter.com/RaB2gZVxPV
— A2 STEAM Lab (@A2STEAMLab) May 2, 2018
Pretty cool that Tynker is seen as a privilege, not a task!
When you finish early, you get to add sound effects to your game 😊 @FiskSchool @PLTWorg @gotynker pic.twitter.com/SeCo1x0ziP
— STEM Integrators (@K_5_STEM_SAU57) April 30, 2018
Sounds like this class is learning a lot about collaboration as they learn to code.
4th graders love building their programming and computational thinking skills with @gotynker It's great to see their collaboration and excitement while creating their alien game. @PLTWorg @chieflearner06 @A2_Carpenter pic.twitter.com/lWIkhX6IbJ
— Miss Schemanske (@TeachSchemanske) May 3, 2018
These little programmers are just so cute!
https://twitter.com/CBANaperville/status/992107168810795008
On the Blog
This week’s Featured Makers were Brian and Anna. Brian likes to code because “I like playing my own games and improving them!” Anna is a huge Minecraft modding fan – check out what she had to say!
We also posted an article listing tips for healthy screen time habits. Tips include turning off screens before bedtime, emphasizing real-life friendships, and having kids earn screen time.
Keep contributing to the Tynker community! Parents and teachers can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the Tynker Community Forum. Kids can start learning to code and creating for free with the Tynker app for iPads or by playing our Hour of Code activities!
