Coding for Kids
Community Highlights December 22nd-December 28th
We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! Along with enjoying time with friends and family, don’t forget to spend some time on that coding project you’ve been wanting to try out! Read on to learn more about what’s happened in the Tynker community this week.
Projects
Hard Halloween Boss Battle! 1 by rotatingkick933
This user created awesome animation for the boss while he talks to you. Defeat him using your lasers and avoid everything he throws at you!
Pokemon Heroes Demo by Animdude
Use your Pokémon’s abilities to take down the other trainer!
How To Train Your Dragon 2 by power owl
Train your new dragon in this sequel! First, hatch your egg, and then train and play with your new dragon!
Christmas Tree Decorator! by field_cat
Just in time for the holidays! Decorate your own virtual Christmas tree in any fashion you please!
Roblox: Pet Simulator by TheMage
Chase the coins around and collect them to upgrade your pet! Get to the higher levels!
Tweets of the Week
Mrs. Pruente shared highlights from her coding club last week. So glad to hear students are excited about coding!
From coding club last week
We introduced TYNKER, Dragon Spells & minecraft modding, they were SO EXCITED! Jumping up and down & cheering! Time flies when we're coding!#codingatthecastle#ccepride#thisiscce#thisismidway#1MidwayScience#1midwaymath@gotynker@CastlemanCreek pic.twitter.com/Pe76Ks8Ex1— Mrs.Pruente (@MrsPruenteCCE) December 26, 2018
This week we got some international attention in Ubergizmo–if you can read French, check out this article about Tynker Junior!
Tynker est le moyen le plus facile pour les enfants d'apprendre à programmer. Construisez vos propres jeux et contrôlez des robots et des drônes en utilisant les nouveaux tutoriels de codage étape par étape. @gotynker #code https://t.co/m4srWL1WCl & https://t.co/FbFLQhnKSp
— Adibou 2.0 (@0Adibou) December 25, 2018
On the Blog
Featured Maker Julien from Montréal likes the augmented reality blocks in Tynker because he can make funny photo booths!
Alesya, one of our Featured Makers this week, makes dress-up projects with code!
Keep contributing to the Tynker community! Parents and teachers can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the Tynker Community Forum. Kids can also start learning to code and creating for free with the Tynker app for iPads!
