Coding helps kids develop academic skills while building qualities like focus, grit, and confidence. Coding paves a path to the future, and Spark Space will support you every step of the way!
Motivated learners can access beginner-friendly tutorials and resources for independent learning and coding projects, including:
Try a one-hour tutorial designed for any age, interest, or skill level.
Learn the basics with free introductory programming courses in HTML/CSS, SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, and more.
Create, code, and manage a responsive website with Dreamweaver’s simplified coding engine, built-in code hints, tutorials, and visual aids.
More experienced learners can advance their skills with access to BlueJ and Thonny integrated development environments (IDEs) and text or code editors like Notepad++ or Thimble.
When programming a robot, kids get instant feedback on whether their code is successful, while also learning sequencing, estimation, building skills, creative problem-solving, logic, and computational thinking.
Spark Space has robots for kids as young as 5 and for all skill levels, including Blue-Bot™, Makey Makey®, The Finch™, and Arduino® Circuit Kits.
● Build interactive websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
● Learn programming languages to control a robot
● Program your own interactive stories, games, and animations with Scratch
● Build a mobile app with Java
● Design games with Python