Coding for Kids – Screen-free!

Did you know that you can teach coding skills to young children without a computer? It can be fun!

Kindercoding Unplugged: Screen-free Activities for Beginners is a new book that shows how to encourage computational thinking through a Reggio Emilia lens and emergent curriculum. It contains more than 80 unplugged coding activities for ages three to eight, with stories from the author’s kindergarten classroom.

To borrow this book from the Decoda Library, email library@decoda.ca.

Find more ideas for screen-free coding activities that use familiar materials in:

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