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The Cat’s in the Bag for Caitlin’s Coding!

The Cat’s in the Bag for Caitlin’s Coding! Caitlin loves her cats! She loves to draw ‘em, play with ‘em. .  She can’t get enough of ‘em! Caitlin is also our newest Featured Maker, a 9-year-old from...

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Featured Maker: Lights! Camera! Action! Tessa!

With Tynker’s Holiday Code Jam in full swing, we wanted to continue to introduce you to some of the winners of this year’s Summer Code Jam! Read on, and then check out more about the Holiday Code Jam!...

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Featured Maker: Aylin the Coding Super Star

With Tynker’s Holiday Code Jam in full swing, we wanted to continue to introduce you to some of the winners of this year’s Summer Code Jam! Read on, and then check out more about the Holiday Code Jam!...

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Tynker wins Common Sense Education Selection for Learning Award

We here in Tynkertown were thrilled to hear that we’ve been recognized as the only complete PreK-12 coding curriculum to be chosen as a ‘Selection for Learning’ by Common Sense Education! As one of the...

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Tynker’s 2020 Hour of Code

Tynker has been fine-tuning online learning since 2013 when we participated in our very first Hour of Code. This year, we hosted another full week of livestreams with special guests from NASA, an...

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Tynker’s 2020 Educational & Parenting Award Wins

As we approach the end of 2020, it’s clear this was a year like no other. Though the challenges were great, we at Tynker also look back on the progress we’ve made — most importantly, helping thousands...

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The Doctor Who HiFive Inventor Coding Kit

The Holiday Gift That Keeps On Giving Tynker and BBC Learning have joined forces to bring you the Doctor Who HiFive Inventor Coding Kit, a programmable Internet of Things mini-computer designed to get...

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11 Amazing New Features in Tynker to Spark Your Child’s Interest in Coding

11 Amazing New Features in Tynker to Spark Your Child’s Interest in Coding 2020 was a challenging year for everyone in so many ways but thanks to our community of young coders Tynker was able to...

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Women in STEM: Andrea Ghez

Women in STEM: Andrea Ghez This fall, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Andrea Ghez had become the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Along with Reinhard Genzel and...

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Coding in the News: January 2021

Coding in the News: January 2021 The technological revolution is alive and kicking with a seemingly endless wave of stories highlighting awe-inspiring innovation. Yesterday, it was the...

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Tynker is Taking Coding for Kids to a Whole New Level in 2021

Tynker is Taking Coding for Kids to a Whole New Level in 2021 Tynker is more determined than ever to make our coding platform bigger and better in 2021. Thankfully, we continued to grow with our young...

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Featured Maker: Dawson the New Coding Star!

With Tynker’s Holiday Code Jam winners being announced today, we wanted to continue to introduce you to some of the winners of this year’s Summer Code Jam! We’re so impressed with the tens of thousands...

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New Programming and Art Course for High School Students!

New Programming and Art Course for High School Students! Tynker is excited to announce a new high-school level course in advanced coding that’s available to all paid home and school subscribers!...

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Announcing Tynker Holiday Code Jam Winners!

Our 2020 Tynker Holiday Code Jam has come to a close! Over 12,000 young coders from around the globe have competed over the course of this winter, and we now have 10 AWESOME WINNERS! Our Holiday Code...

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Tynker Toolbox: The Tutorial Builder

Tynker Toolbox: The Tutorial Builder Did you ever make a really cool Tynker Block project and wish you could teach the whole world exactly how you did it?  Now you can, with Tynker’s new Tutorial...

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Small-Group Live Coding Classes [ New for 2021!]

Small-Group Live Coding Classes [New for 2021!] As the world’s #1 coding platform for kids and teens, we know that children learn and express themselves in different ways, which is why we’re launching...

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Women in STEM: Ashley Tolbert

Women in STEM: Ashley Tolbert Ashley Tolbert is the Senior Security Engineer at Netflix and a Cyber Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Impressive, yes,...

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Tynker Video Code Jam

Tynker Video Code Jam Last year, Tynker had thousands of submissions to our three Code Jams and handed out over $12,000 in prizes to hundreds of winners, so we’re super excited to kick off 2021 with...

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Showcase Your Expertise with our NEW Tynker Educator Certifications

Tynker is proud to support teachers bringing coding and creativity into the classroom and we want to contribute in every way we can. That’s why we’re now offering Tynker Certifications. Each Tynker...

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A Gift This Valentine’s Day – For Your Kids!

A Gift This Valentine’s Day – For Your Kids! Sunday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day, the day when we try to show the people that mean most to us—how much we love them. One way to do that is by giving...

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