Kids Coding Project: Learning By Doing

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Your child has been learning the basics of programming for some time? Why don’t you start a kid coding project for you and your child to work on? A project is a good way to ascertain one’s skill and knowledge. Coding in a lot of ways is simple, you improve as much as you keep making. In the initial period it might seem daunting for your child to do a project but here below are some simple but fun project ideas that you and your child can perform.

Project Ideas for a Kids Coding Project

• Minecraft challenges: Microsoft along with their partners in code.org have developed a challenge series using the Minecraft game for kids to play and learn to code. They work great in having young children interested in coding and their drag and drop feature is a good way to introduce them to Scratch. 
• You can follow guide books from the internet: A good project that involves learning while also having fun is following guides like those of AI Sweigart who is the author of a series of popular books that help aspiring developers in learning how to program. The guide also has a series of games built with the platform as well as tutorials on how to build them 
• Create sprites: Reminiscent of the retro 90s, you and your ward can create sprites as a kids coding project. This is perfect for beginners as it requires very little coding and no setup whatsoever.
• Build a bot: A bot is always a fun project to attempt. It is minimal in setup and you can program it for simple to very complex tasks. It is a creative fun-filled exercise that you and your child can attempt and have fun in the process. Bots that tell jokes? Or tell facts of the earth? It is all up to your creativity.
• Hack a game: Using unity you can hack a game for fun. There are several demo games on the platforms made for aspiring developers to have fun with. Tweak with its parameter and watch the results.