How Learning Coding Has Become Accessible for Kids
Parents and teachers often seek platforms where they can find resources to make learning more engaging and effective for kids.
Why Coding
They try to find new ways to teach students skills that will prepare them for the demands of the industry, which mostly drive the pattern in which a generation’s education is structured.
One such industry requirement right now is of IT professionals and developers. Every industry these days is getting digitized, and most of the business happens virtually with fintech, edtech, AI, Machine learning, blockchain and what not.
This calls for educators and parents to impart IT skills to kids from an early age, which we are already getting good at. With widespread adoption of STEM learning and a drive to teach and learn coding with campaigns like Hour of Code, not only young learners are getting to learn coding, but also employees from various industries are inspired to upgrade their skills.
Now that the need to learn coding has arisen, so have many platforms that teach coding in fun and engaging manner. Many of these coding platforms are paid, but as the market gets more mature, some free platforms have emerged, too, and they are funded and patronized by IT giants like Google, Facebook and Infosys.
Where can you find these free coding platforms?
Access to ‘coding for kids’ tools
If you’re looking for tools for Coding for kids, free of cost, then you have no dearth in the market.
Some great tools like Scratch, FreeCodeCamp, PlayCodeMonkey and Code.org are available for kids to explore for free.
You can explore a comprehensive list of coding for kids free websites on The EduTech Post.
These platforms teach coding to kids of Age 5–18+ in step-by-step manner.
Many have hands-on activities and games, which allow the learners to practice what they learn.
These experiential learning platforms have revolutionised the way kids are expressing themselves and learning online.
Any parent or educator can help kids set up one of the suitable platforms (read about some prime platforms on EduTechPost.com to decide what suits your needs or liking). Most of them can be run on mobile devices and laptops, as one find doable.
Act Now
Industry requirement is not just the only reason to encourage your kids to learn to code, but there are other benefits to learning coding, like enhanced creative thinking, problem solving attitude, collaboration, focus, experimentation, and confidence.
Also, technology is revolutionising the way we learn, express, operate and communicate. Therefore, helping kids take a step towards adopting it will only be to their benefit.
Let’s learn and teach coding or programming, one command at a time!
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