This year's Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code – December 7-13 – are off and running, and more children's book publishers than ever are offering titles designed to get kids ...

The world is much different than when we were growing up. Teaching coding to kids was something very few people though ...

"So most programs that introduce coding in fourth grade and up, it's great, but they are coming kind of late to the party," she says. The project was funded by a $1.3 million grant from the ...

Through these commands, kids are introduced to basic coding concepts like iterations, functions, and conditionals, accompanied by contemporary music like hip-hop and electronica.

But not all kids can or want to jump straight into these sort of environments. For them, there are plenty of games around that will teach the basics of programming in a fun and accessible way.