Coding for Kids
Looking for a quick and easy way to introduce your students, your children, or even yourself to the world of computer science and coding? Try one of Tynker’s Hour of Code activities. These activities are free for all, and no experience is required! Find compelling activities for every age, experience level, and interest.
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Amazing AI Projects
These four brand-new projects harness the power of AI. Create webcam-powered projects that will delight and inspire you! Explore artificial intelligence and achieve something amazing with Tynker’s pretrained, kid-friendly AI code blocks. (A webcam is required for these projects.)
Weather Control. Thunderbolts and lightning! In this fun weather-themed tutorial, students make an interactive art project that creates animations and sound effects in response to their gestures. Students learn how to use the Pose Tracking blocks to add webcam-powered user input to their Tynker projects.
Tickle Monster. Use Tynker’s AI blocks to make a virtual monster come alive! Students create a character that responds to their hands. Extend the project on your own and create a virtual pet — or even a digital puppet.
Balancing Act. In this tutorial, students create a fun AI-powered balance game. How long will you last? Explore how AI allows for all new game mechanics! Explore game design and the physics blocks in this beginner-friendly project.
Fruit Fighter. Recreate your own version of the addictive mobile classic Fruit Ninja in this advanced text-coding tutorial. Use p5.js and AI to make this advanced webcam-powered project.
Scripps National Spelling Bee® Activities
Brand-new for 2023. Bring the English language to life using code. Become a word champion! Available in both Tynker Blocks and JavaScript versions. Produced in collaboration with Scripps National Spelling Bee®.
Join our upcoming webinar and find all of Tynker’s Spelling Bee resources here.
BYJU’S Coding Cup
This soccer-themed coding competition makes computer science a team sport! Can you code a smarter team? Compete against your classmates.
When students play a match in BYJU’S Coding Cup, they don’t control their soccer team with a joystick or game controller. . . Instead, your students’ teams run with the code that THEY write!
Barbie™: You Can Be Anything™
This Barbie knows how to code! Explore careers together with Barbie and friends.
If you can dream it, you can be it. Explore six of the coolest careers ever and discover how programming concepts can be applied to each one!
NASA’s Return to the Moon
Find a dozen cool coding activities tied to NASA’s Artemis missions, suitable for students of every age.
Explore NASA’s exciting new efforts to reach the Moon and then Mars. Students can design their own animated mission patch, imagine their life as an Artemis astronaut on the Lunar Gateway, take control of robotic rovers, and even create their own lunar habitat. Produced in collaboration with NASA.
Candy Quest
Join Codey the troll on his search for sweet rewards. A time-tested Tynker classic, perfect for beginners. Simple block-coding puzzles.
Dragon Dash
Looking for block-coding puzzles with a little more challenge? Try helping these treasure-hungry dragons gather the gold. A fun fantasy-themed puzzle set.
Space Quest
Help Mae and Buzz solve puzzles to escape the alien planet! These kid-friendly puzzles are perfect for absolute beginners.
Puppy Adventure
Help Pixel the puppy return home. Avoid the obstacles and sniff out clues to get back to his family. Another Tynker classic, perfect for the youngest learners.
Looking for Even More? Explore Everything on Offer
Tynker offers more than 50 FREE Hour of Code Activities.
Teachers can find the complete list of Tynker Hour of Code activities here:
Parents and students, you can browse available Tynker Hour of Code activities here:
More AI-Powered Courses and Activities
Looking for more free AI activities? Or some cool ideas for using the webcam in your own Tynker games? Explore these helpful resources:
- Add Webcam Controls to Your Tynker Games
- Tynker’s New AI & ML Course
- See All AI Tutorials and Courses: Visit Your Student Dashboard
- Walkthrough of The AI Blocks – AI Block Coding Tutorial
- Info for Parents on Block Coding: Introduction to AI & ML
- Info for Parents on JavaScript: Deep Dive into Artificial Intelligence
- Tynker’s AI Courses for Schools: Equip Your School with AI — All K-8 Plans Included
