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Our interactive story-based learning allows kids and teens to learn the basics with easy block-based coding challenges before seamlessly transitioning to real-world text-based languages like JavaScript and Python.

At Tynker, we teach kids and teens to code through both our self-paced, game-like courses and our subscriptions plans start kids off with personalized coaching sessions. We guide children along the path to coding certification for all ages and skill levels. Our proven methodology will advance to real-world Python, Web Dev, Data Science and more!

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Because technology is so integrated into virtually every aspect of our lives, learning about it is more important than ever.Our coding platform makes it convenient and fun for kids and teens to gain knowledge that will serve them well throughout their lives.You can count on our trusted methods to help them develop and grow their capabilities with computers.

We're living during a high-tech revolution, witnessing life-changing advancements in medicine, environmental conservation, and much more. At the core of all these amazing projects and discoveries is CODE. Code can be the thing that differentiates your child from peers and allows them to stand out as an asset for companies when they are looking for employment. The children who learn to code today will become the creators of the technology tomorrow. Learning how to code can help children make a major contribution to the world that they live in and make a lasting impact. As kids and teens learn to code, they also build essential skills like critical thinking, logic, and problem-solving. They learn to logically sequence events, create playable games, tell good stories, and model real situations. They also learn computational thinking by developing algorithmic and design thinking abilities. Learning to code has become an essential element of a child's education and an excellent way to express their creativity and imagination.

Coding, otherwise known as programming, is a creative activity for all children. Your child might not care about writing data processing algorithms, but they might enjoy creating games, programming music, designing websites, or just playing with code. Learning to code is for everyone; you don\'t have to be good at math or a "techie" to learn how to code. Kids as young as five can learn to code and pick it up faster than most adults.When your kids are starting, pick a program like MIT\'s Scratch or Tynker Junior app. The visual style of these programs makes it easy for young children to learn to code. Scratch and Tynker have a graphical interface that works. Drag-and-drop code blocks snap together. Pieces of code that don\'t make computational sense won\'t fit together, making syntax errors impossible.Older children can learn to code with Python by building games, art, music, and more. Some programs like Tynker offer a placement test to set your child on the right track for their age and experience level.

Every child learns at their own pace. They can learn different subjects at varying rates and ways. Experts believe that children should learn coding at an early age. According to MIT, the best age for kids to start learning coding languages such as Scratch Jr or Tynker Jr is from 5 to 7. Many programs allow your children to progress at their own pace or hire an instructor to help them move along. With Tynker, a placement test will place your child on the correct path based on age and skill level, and Tynker supports children up to age 18 with real-world text languages like Python and JavaScript. Children progress to more difficult coding courses with the support of interactive tutorials and video instructions at their own pace.

With so many great services available, learning to code has never been easier! For example, Scratch and Tynker provide innovative visual coding languages that make coding fun. Coding is a great way to broaden your child's worldview and develop their creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Here are a few options to review: Game-based learning - Game-based platforms such as Tynker and the challenges on Code.org motivate kids to use code to complete game levels. Independent learning with Scratch - Scratch from MIT is a great way of getting started with code. Although they don't have courses, there's a vibrant community to learn from. Online courses - Enroll in a Python or JavaScript course on Codecademy or Tynker or learn to code with Processing on Khan Academy. Tynker offers advanced courses like Processing 1, using p5.js to introduce the foundational concepts of art and computer science. Build an app - Learn to build your own iOS app using Swift. Start with these Swift resources and get the Swift Playgrounds app by Apple. Use a book - Learn by following along with books like Mission Python, Super Scratch Programming Adventure, or Coding with Minecraft. Tynker has three super-informative Coding eBooks, including Code These Games and Code This Art.

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I generally wake up around 7am. Pre-coronavirus, my son (age 9) had to catch the bus at 8am, and my daughter (age 5) had to go to day care, so my pre-work mornings are spent getting both kids ready for school (a team effort with my wife). Now with both kids at home, the mornings are less hectic. If I can, I'll try to catch up on email/slack a bit before starting my work day.

The bulk of my work day is meetings. My wife bought a family whiteboard and uses it as a daily-view calendar. We both draw out our meeting schedule so we can visually see where either of us can be free to make lunch and take care of kids. Our son also has a few Zoom calls with his teacher/class, so his schedule is also on the whiteboard. When our schedule allows it, we all try to go out for a walk around 3:30pm.

In the evenings, we cook and eat in. Occasionally we'll order takeout depending on our energy levels for food prep. Kids have some extracurricular activity that's now done via video chat - Chinese lessons, drum lessons, dance lessons. After that, there's some family play time; lately that's been multiplayer Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch. After kids go to bed around 9pm, I'll get back online to catch up on email and get back to any action items from meetings. I usually go to bed around midnight.

We are both fortunate to still be working, but that means less time spent on parenting. My son will get distracted from his school work, and often whichever of us frees up first from meetings will discover a kid or two not doing what they're supposed to be doing. Time between meetings where I used to be able to do some work is now exclusively on monitoring kids. We often don't have time to make lunch, so meal quality has definitely taken a hit; yesterday the kids had breakfast cereal for lunch. Then they will snack on whatever they find in the pantry between meals. My daughter, not having a full day of school work, will spend too much time on her iPad. We have time limits in place, but admittedly when she walks in on my meetings to ask me to unlock more time, I just do it. There's been some tension between my wife and me regarding how much we should be sacrificing work meetings to do more for the family. Some days are smooth; some are pretty bad. Today (Friday) is going to be good since we have few meetings and have more flexibility with parenting (see attached photo).

We rotate her toys every couple of weeks. We find less options are better for her. She loves to draw and cut paper into tiny pieces. She has a large tote filled with rainbow rice I made that acts as an indoor sandbox. She also loves playdoh. When the weather is nice, she loves playing on her swing set and in her sandbox. We try to eat lunch outside every day as a family as long as the weather allows it.

Working from home while "teaching" my kids during this quarantine has been an interesting challenge for sure. Good to see what an ideal day looks like, but I'm sure (like everyone else) your days are full of memorable oops moments. Kiddos asking for snacks during team meetings? Why not! Showing their art projects to my boss - who wouldn't want to see my daughter's sunflower painting?! And (most embarrassing) my daughter asking my coworker what that decoration on her sweatshirt was ... it was a coffee stain. Sigh...If you can't laugh, what can you do?

Those virtual backgrounds have been really useful to me. I can now work freely around the house without revealing to everyone the mess. They have also been useful hiding the kids as they walk up to me to try to talk to me. While we're all pretty forgiving these days of crying babies and cats crawling on heads, it's kinda nice to have some distractions masked. I rotate out my background on a weekly basis with either my own photos or some pop culture reference. They've served as nice icebreakers at the start of meetings. 2ff7e9595c