CODE 4 KIDSChallenging Students to Program

STARTING• Make starting easy and begin with the challenge of zeros and ones

in this great lesson plan. You don’t need any programming background to begin.

KINESTHETIC CODING

Set up a Simple Obstacle course with cones on the playground or on bleachers and have them give

directions from one point to another using symbols.

TRACKING YOUR STUDENTS

20 hours of code is ready and waiting for your students.

CREATE A GAME

Assign a challenge like create a math game for kinder or first to practice counting

numbers and adding

HARDER CHALLENGE

• Ask them to create a game board in another program and import it.

• Ask them to add certain features like the forever loop or similar

• Include rubrics in the challenge to help them see the important features

WHERE TO GO NEXT

There are so many options, its really a matter of you taking small steps and being willing to fail.