Coding

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Understanding the 30% AI Rule - Good When Used Well

What is the 30% AI rule? Discover how balancing AI assistance with your child's own creativity and coding skills can supercharge their learning and future-proof their tech skills. | Read more...

October 29, 2025

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Help Your Child Shine in School With Coding Classes

Coding is about sparking creativity, building confidence, and making friendships along the way. Regular weekly lessons mean they keep growing, not just in coding, but in many areas of their life. | Read more...

August 28, 2025

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How Coding Boosts Kids' Mental Health

Concerned about your child’s screen time and its impact on their mental health? Not all screen time is created equal. Coding offers a powerful, positive alternative - helping kids build confidence, focus, creativity, and resilience. In this article, we explore how coding supports kids’ mental well-being while preparing them with real-world skills for the future. | Read more...

April 25, 2025

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Why Should Your Kids Learn Coding as a Second Language?

If you missed our recent email digest, read it here…we’re talking about how learning to code is similar to learning a foreign language. | Read more...

February 6, 2025

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Tips for getting the most from your coding lessons

Our Coco Coders teachers are experts at educating and supporting children, and they work hard to keep them engaged in what they’re learning—but there’s only so much they can do from the other side of a screen. It can help a lot if you, as a parent, make sure your child is set up for success. | Read more...

November 8, 2024

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Why we teach JavaScript

As the primary language of the web, JavaScript offers children a versatile and intuitive entry point into coding that provides instant visual feedback on their creations. By mastering this "forgiving" language, students gain a future-proof skill set that is essential for building everything from interactive websites to mobile applications and games. | Read more...

March 29, 2024

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Try a free 60 minute coding lesson

We provide the coding education that kids don’t get in school, with our award-winning coding curriculum helping to get children age 6-12 years future-ready. Sign your child up now to try one of our weekly online coding classes for free. | Read more...

August 7, 2023

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Earth Day: Calling All Future Scientists & Engineers

This Earth Day, we are celebrating 5 recent inventions that were developed with the goal of cleaning up our planet, and how they are making a difference! At the core of what kids learn in our weekly coding classes, are the skills to be future ready and we help them be amongst those pushing technologies further in the future. | Read more...

April 22, 2023

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How Coding Has Impacted Worldwide Healthcare

The use of coding in the healthcare industry has been on the rise for several years. From electronic medical records to telemedicine, coding has become an essential part of modern healthcare. Here are some ways that coding is forever changing the face of Healthcare worldwide. | Read more...

April 4, 2023

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Coding for Kids with Autism: Reach Full Potential

Our founder Elizabeth shares her own story of how coding has had a profound impact on her autistic son’s life… | Read more...

March 31, 2023