February 28, 2020
In this coding activity, you’ll use code to build your own fuzzes and explore fuzz properties and values. A property is a feature or characteristic, belonging to something.
Read More: Coding Activity: Mission no.1 Properties
January 30, 2020
School is cancelled and the kids are home. Sledding is a great activity to get the kids out and moving on a snow day, but here's a simple coding activity to get your kids thinking.
Read More: Coding Activity: Snow Day PB&J
November 18, 2019
Every year in December, millions of kids around the world participate in the Hour of Code to celebrate CS Ed Week in honor of Admiral Grace Hopper who was an early computer programmer and created the first computer language compiler.
Read More: 4 Ways To Do the Hour of Code with Kodable
February 7, 2017
A couple months ago, one of our longest-tenured Kodable users sent me an email for a student in her class. She wanted to learn more about computer science, problem solving, and startups, and had a few questions she wanted to ask me.
Read More: 12 Questions on Coding and Startups at Kodable
August 16, 2016
An elementary classroom without clear procedures for daily routines means chaos. As you head back to school and get your classroom operating like a well-oiled machine, consider including some coding concepts to make it fun.
Read More: Code your Back to School Procedures!
October 16, 2015
Teach your students the fundamentals of sequence with our new fuzzFamily Fever activity! Worksheets and directions are included and available for download below. Happy coding!
Read More: Learn to Code: New Sequence Activity
September 24, 2015
Meet Polly Meissner, a media specialist who teaches coding at eight elementary schools, and learn how she uses it to build students’ confidence, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Polly MeissnerSeptember 3, 2015
Teachers are absolute rockstars and the world doesn't hear enough about it. We know how hard our teachers are working to get their kids coding and developing 21st Century skills and want everyone else to know, too.
Read More: Introducing Kodable Teacher of the Week : Episode 1
September 12, 2014
In Part One of our series, I told you about how I came to teach myself programming. In Part Two I detailed exactly how I did it. In this final installment of our 3-part series on teaching yourself to code...
Read More: How I Taught Myself to Code: Cures for the Common Code
August 29, 2014
In the first part of this series I told you about my introduction into the world of programming. Now, I will give you a step-by-step account of exactly what I did to learn!
Read More: How I Taught Myself to Code: Avoiding the Cliff
August 22, 2014
There are so many resources out there for learning to code these days that it can be next to impossible to know where to start. As the sole programmer for Kodable (for now - we’re hiring!), I am completely self-taught.
Read More: How I Taught Myself to Code: Hello World!
July 7, 2014
Thinking of teaching kids to code or planning a coding curriculum? At Kodable, we believe coding is a huge part of every kids future. Here are 5 reasons we think it coding is so important!
Read More: Coding for Kids | 5 Reasons to Teach Kids to Code