The week of December 4 -8th, 2017, all RES students in grades kindergarten through four will have a hands on introduction to computer programming with Hour of Code activities during their enrichment classes!
Computer programming helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity in people of all ages. Kindergarten, first and second graders will use Scratch Jr. app for iPads, while third and fourth graders will choose from a variety of tutorials on Code.org.
Introducing Hour of Code! Watch this quick video to see some celebrities learning to code alongside students just like you!
STUDENTS: Here are the links for Hour of Code at school this week:
Some great choices:
Code Crazy Creatures: https://hourofcode.com/cacrazy
Animate your name: https://hourofcode.com/scratchanim
Moana: https://hourofcode.com/moana
Monster Maker: https://hourofcode.com/grokmonster
Lego Robot: https://hourofcode.com/bits
Minecraft: https://hourofcode.com/mchoc
Star Wars: https://hourofcode.com/star-wars
Flappy Bird: https://hourofcode.com/flap
Frozen: https://hourofcode.com/frzn
Choose your own Coding (but check the grade level and how hard it is):
https://hourofcode.com/us/learn
FAMILIES and TEACHERS: Here are links to continue the learning beyond this week at school! ALL of the included links and recommendations are FREE!
Scratch Jr. iPad app
Scratch Jr. Android app
More ways to learn from Code.org
Scratch
Need more motivation to keep kids coding? Watch this short film encouraging coding!
Do you have questions about coding? Do you want to figure out ways to help your kids use computers and tablets to create things versus consume content? I would be happy to chat with you about this...just reach out to Darcie Rankin at darcie.rankin@cesuvt.org.
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