Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: April 13th-19th
As always, this week there have been all kinds of exciting things happening in our Tynker community: Makers are creating interesting projects, students are using Tynker to acquire and demonstrate knowledge and skills in the classroom, and we’ve announced that Tynker Junior is free for teachers until August 1st, 2019! (Learn more and download Tynker Junior.) Check out the rest of this week’s Community Highlights!
Projects of the Week
The code to go with this version of Pac-Man is very well done! Navigate through the maze by using your cursor to tell Pac-Man where to go.
Stick Settlers 1.3.V by Warrick
Cultivate your crops and expand your empire! Like a real-time strategy game, you are the controller of your town and people and must make decisions for better, or for worse!
Dodge the bird while collecting the carrots for the bunny!
Monster Escape by Mikipikilays
There are 8 cannons that you have to watch out for and dodge the cannonballs! Hint: Stay in the middle before they shoot and dodge that way!
Boss Blitz Arena 1 by glossycycle384
This game is unique because you have no attacks but you must dodge everything! You start out with a lot of health, so you have plenty of chances!
Tweets of the Week
These students are excited about Crystal Clash, our multiplayer battle game! Learn more about the updates we’ve made for Season 2!
Learn about patterns and sequences with Tynker!
No better way to test your coding skills than with hands-on devices like drones!
Coding fosters collaboration and teamwork for these students!
Check out these students, who are playing an alien tilt game in Tynker!
On the Blog
“Knowing your students, that’s everything.” Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator Sean Arnold supports special needs students through cutting-edge edtech!
Tynker Junior for Schools is FREE for teachers until August 1st, 2019! Read more and download here.
Featured Maker Sophia’s favorite thing about Tynker? “People can share what they have made and we can all learn from each other.”
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!
