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Union County Public’s Focus on Coding Puts North Carolina Ahead
Jon Hidalgo has been teaching technology skills for 11 years at Monroe Middle School in Union County Public School District in Monroe, NC. He shares his experience on Tynker.
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Try This 6-Step Brain Bootcamp at Home
Try This 6-Step Brain Bootcamp at Home Brainstorming ways to make your child’s screen time more productive and active? You’re not alone! It can be hard to keep kids stimulated while striking a balance...
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Colten Reads Coding Books For Fun!
Colten Reads Coding Books For Fun! This week’s Featured Maker is, in his words, “the only kid in my class who really likes homework!” Meet Colten, a third grader from North Carolina. When he’s not busy...
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Future Veterinarian Annette Loves the Tynker Community!
Future Veterinarian Annette Loves the Tynker Community! Meet Annette, a young coder and tennis star from Texas! She’s only eight years old but has already been playing tennis for four years. She’s in...
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Community Highlights: April 21 – April 27
Community Highlights: April 21 – April 27 Every Monday we bring you the best of the Tynker community. Between a project imitating the life of a YouTube star, a simulation of Windows PC, and a Tynker...
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5 Tips for Healthy Screen Time
5 Tips for Healthy Screen Time Our kids are growing up as digital natives, and it’s clear that screens are here to stay. Most of us have heard about the negative effects of too much screen time – from...
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Brian Shows His Projects To His Class!
Brian Shows His Projects To His Class! Meet Brian, a 4th grader from California! In his spare time he enjoys playing basketball in a league – he even aspires to become an athlete in the future. We...
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Anna is a Minecraft Modding Expert!
Anna is a Minecraft Modding Expert! Meet twelve-year-old Anna, a talented 7th grader who lives and codes in Clayton, North Carolina. She explores Tynker as part of her interest-led homeschooling...
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Community Highlights: April 28 – May 4
Community Highlights: April 28 – May 4 It’s Monday, which means we get to bring you the best of the Tynker community! With this week’s projects you can design your own house, play Ping Pong, go on an...
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Code a Funny Mad Libs® Story for Mom!
Code a Funny Mad Libs® Story for Mom! This Mother’s Day, create a hilarious gift that Mom is sure to love – a Mad Libs–style story! Start by writing a story about your mother (or another important role...
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Alex’s Love of Experimentation Drives His Love of Coding
Alex’s Love of Experimentation Drives His Love of Coding Twelve-year-old Alex adores science, so it’s no surprise he’s brought that love of experimentation to coding with Tynker! In his free time, this...
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Hannah’s Creativity is Limitless!
Hannah’s Creativity is Limitless! Meet Hannah, a fifth grader from Missouri who loves drawing (she told us she usually draws people) and discovering underground video games. Her plans for the future...
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Community Highlights: May 5 – May 11
Community Highlights: May 5 – May 11 Every Monday we bring you the best of the Tynker community! This week we saw some fantastic projects (don’t miss the two-player games) and lots of great tweets. Be...
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3 Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online
3 Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online Internet access opens up a new world of discovery and creativity for kids! The flip side of this access, however, is concern about your child’s safety and privacy...
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Boyan Sees the Difference Between Playing and Making!
Boyan Sees the Difference Between Playing and Making! Eight-year-old Boyan played video games long before he started making them – now that he’s creating them, he’s seeing all the possibilities that...
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Jesse Builds Water Systems…and Tynker Projects!
Jesse Builds Water Systems…and Tynker Projects! When ten-year-old Jesse isn’t busy building water reticulation systems in his front yard in Perth, tinkering around with electricity and computer parts,...
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Community Highlights: May 12 – May 18
Community Highlights: May 12 – May 18 It’s Monday, which means we get to bring you the best of the Tynker community! From cool clicker projects to end-of-year recap tweets, the Tynker community has...
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Hedy Lamarr: Brains Before Beauty
Hedy Lamarr: Brains Before Beauty Most of us don’t go a day (or, let’s be honest, an hour!) without using Wi-Fi, GPS, or Bluetooth – but chances are you didn’t realize that Hedy Lamarr, best known for...
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Gabriel’s Been Coding with Tynker for Four Years!
Gabriel’s Been Coding with Tynker for Four Years! Gabriel, an eleven-year-old 6th grader from Indiana, loves to code! He’s been learning to code for years – his dad taught him JavaScript and HTML, and...
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Chess Champion Braden Found Tynker Through His Friends!
Chess Champion Braden Found Tynker Through His Friends! Featured Maker Braden is a budding young programmer and future inventor! The fourth grader lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, so as he told us, he’s...
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