![]() Get your kid to coding like a duck takes to water! Our roundup of the top 10 iPhone and iPad coding apps for kids make learning unbelievably enjoyable. The games have been intelligently crafted to instantly attract children's attention and the stunning animation fine-tuned with sound effects never let distraction creep in. Does your little kid aspire to be the next-gen app developer or you want your sweetheart to get on with coding early on? We have you fully covered with the best iPhone and iPad coding apps for kids. These top coding apps for iOS make learning incredibly easy. They are loaded with a gazillion of puzzles, scintillating animation and more significantly richly crafted concept that your children would love to get hooked. Oh yes, they also offer tons of rewards to keep them pumped up for more! So, why don’t you lap on a nice one to kick-start the joyride for your fast-growing champ? 7 Apps for Teaching Children Coding Skills It's hard to imagine a single career that doesn't have a need for someone who can code. Everything that "just works" has some type of code that makes it run. Coding (a.k.a. programming) is all around us. That's why all the cool kids are coding . . . or should be. Programming is not just the province of pale twenty-somethings in skinny jeans, hunched over three monitors, swigging Red Bull. Not any more! The newest pint-sized coders have just begun elementary school. If you're concerned that that a) elementary school students don't have the ability to code, b) there's no room in the curriculum, and c) you don't possess coding chops to teach programming skills, throw out those worries. The following sites and apps can help anyone who has basic reading skills grasp the basics of thinking and planning in order to make things happen (the whole purpose of coding) and create applications: interactive games, quizzes, animations, etc. Best of all, many of these tools are free, or almost free, and require no coding background or expertise! In no particular order, we have listed all the coding apps that are appropriate for young learners. We've used many of them with elementary-aged students. GAMESTAR MECHANIC Platform: Web Platform: Web TYNKER Platform: Web MOVE THE TURTLE Platform: iOS (iPad and iPod) HOPSCOTCH Platform: iPad DAISY THE DINOSAUR Platform: iPad CARGO-BOT Platform: iPad We hope these descriptions have whetted your appetite and that you'll incorporate coding into your curriculum. Even if a student never intends to pursue programming as a career, learning to code will still foster problem-solving skills, spark creativity and enhance logical thinking. Code.org, a pro-coding education nonprofit, features dozens of quotations about computer programming from famous and important people who believe that coding should be part of the core curriculum for every child. One of our favorite quotes is by Maria Klawe, a computer programmer and inventor who says, "Coding is today's language of creativity. All our children deserve a chance to become creators instead of consumers of computer science [emphasis added]." Edited From: https://www.edutopia.org |
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