Summer Coding Club condenses our 12 week course into one week! During the week, students explore and use different coding platforms such as Scratch Jr., Code.org or Tynker. The first days are dedicated to learning the coding basics while the middle days are spent creating playable games and building programmable robots. Lastly, students get the opportunity to dive deeper into a topic of their choice in the passion project.
Aside from gaining knowledge in coding concepts, students build confidence and friendships. Computational thinking (a problem solving technique), communication and critical thinking skills are also enhanced.
Day 1- Intro to Code
- What is Coding Video- Scratch Garden
- Code: Giving instructions to a computer or a robot in a language it understands.
- What is Coding- Song Lyrics and Activity PDF
- Move It, Move It (Unplugged Activity)
- RodoCodo Hour Of Code
- Hello Ruby Book
- Scratch Jr.
- K-2 Day 1 Family Flyer PDF
Day 2- Intro to Code and Game Design
- Decomposition
- Decomposition: Breaking big problems down into smaller and more manageable problems
- Decomposition Song Lyrics and Activities PDF
- Popcorn Algorithm (Unplugged)
- Making a Microwave from a Box
- Popcorn Coloring Algorithms (Free printables here)
- Lets Pop, Pop, Popcorn Read Aloud
- Code.org
- Code.org Login Link
- If you need your child’s password, please email Miss Mikayla
- Class Code: DYXVBP
- Course 1 Lesson 4 Answer Key PDF
- Course 1 Lesson 5 Answer Key PDF
- Code.org Login Link
- Hello Ruby Book
- Scratch Jr.
- K-2 Day 2 Family Flyer PDF
Day 3- Robotics
- Debugging Video
- Debugging: The process of finding and correcting mistakes (bugs) in code
- Debugging Lyrics and Activity PDF (Scratch Garden)
- Debugging Unplugged Activity PDF
- How to Help Kids Learn From Mistakes
- Code N Go Mice
- Hello Ruby Book
- Read Aloud
- Hello Ruby- Play (Activities and Resources)
- Hello Ruby- Learn (Activities and Resouces)
- Spheros
- K-2 Day 3 Family Flyer PDF
Day 4- Robotics
- Loops Video
- Loops: A repeating sequence of code
- Loops Lyrics and Activity PDF
- Lego WeDo Robotic Arm
- Hello Ruby Book
- Read Aloud
- Hello Ruby- Play (Activities and Resources)
- Hello Ruby- Learn (Activities and Resouces)
- K-2 Day 4 Family Flyer PDF
Day 5- Passion Project
- You Can Do It- Scratch Garden Video
- Confidence: Believing in oneself and abilities
- You Can Do it Lyrics and Activity PDF
- Hello Ruby Book
- Read Aloud
- Hello Ruby- Play (Activities and Resources)
- Hello Ruby- Learn (Activities and Resouces)
- K-2 Day 5 Family Flyer PDF
Other Resources
Our YouTube Channel – We’ve created several free videos to walkthrough some of the puzzles from above and activities in Scratch Jr. from below.
Scratch Jr – Free app for iOS, Android, and ChromeOS – Allows your students to use the ideas learned above in their own creative programming environment. They can add characters and backgrounds to program their own games and animations. Here are some examples of free activities in Scratch Jr: www.scratchjr.org/teach/activities
Tynker – Free app for iOS, Android, and ChromeOS (also a website tynker.com). Limited number of free puzzles similar to the links listed above.
LightBot Code Hour – Free app for iOS and Android. Three-dimensional puzzles similar to the links above.
Additional Coding Resources
Enrollment Now Open
Choose from online and in-person coding courses for young learners, K-6, designed to develop critical thinkers and problem solvers with transferrable skills across all subjects.