Coding as the 4th Pillar of Education
Parent Herald recently featured Coco Coders and our founder, Elizabeth Tweedale, in an insightful article examining how coding and computational literacy have become essential core pillars alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic in modern education.
In the piece, Elizabeth highlights why teaching kids aged 6 - 14 how to code before engaging with AI is vital for building real, lasting digital agency:
"Children need to learn to think computationally before they can meaningfully engage with AI at all... A child who understands how code is written, how algorithms are formed, and how data shapes outputs is a child who can look at an AI-generated answer and ask the right questions."
From fostering problem-solving skills to bridging the equity gap in technology, the feature underscores our core mission at Coco Coders: turning young tech consumers into tomorrow’s digital creators.