Coco Coders Blog
Here's a selection of recent articles about Coco Coders, our online coding lessons, and our team.
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
Digital Badges: Celebrate Your Child’s Coding Success
Unlocking Progress, One Badge at a Time…How Coco Coders celebrates your child's coding journey At Coco Coders, learning to code isn’t just about typing lines of code—it’s about growth, creativity, and achievement. That’s why we’ve introduced digital badges to reward our students every step of the way! | Read more...
March 27, 2023
7 Ways to Beat Spring Break Boredom
While brain breaks are super important, there are still fun ways to keep your kids engaged in creative and educational activities while they take a break from hectic school schedules. | Read more...
March 14, 2023
Why Millennials and Gen Z Workers Don’t Sit Still
The concept of staying in one job for your entire career is no longer the norm. In fact, job hopping, or moving from one job to another frequently, has become a common practice for the Millennial and Generation Z workforce. But why are younger workers far less likely to stay in one position for more than one year? | Read more...
March 6, 2023
5 Reasons Your Child Will Fall In Love With Coding
Helping your kids learn to code is not only a fun way for them to learn future-ready skills, but it will also help them build the confidence and determination to thrive no matter what life throws at them. Highly sought after skills plus the confidence and perseverance to get the job done? Now that’s a swoon-worthy match made in tech-heaven! | Read more...
February 8, 2023
Free Time Travel Coding Activity
Here’s a FREE coding activity from one of our online coding lessons, which guides you through creating your very own time travel animation in Scratch… | Read more...
February 1, 2023
5 Things We Want For Kids in 2023
As parents we have a lot of hopes and dreams for our kids. While what their futures hold is ultimately up to them and the decisions they make, there are certainly ways we can positively influence them along the way! Here are some ideas for things that can help kids level up in health, happiness and future-readiness this year. | Read more...
January 25, 2023
5 Ways to Prevent Learning Loss over Winter Break
It only takes kids a few days out of their normal routine to completely change the way their brains retain information, but ‘brain breaks’ are also very important and beneficial to overall brain health. So how can we balance taking advantage of a break while also preventing learning loss? | Read more...
December 6, 2022
5 Reasons to Gift a Coding Class
Every holiday season has an ‘it’ toy. The one that all the kids in each age range have to have or their world will literally end as they know it. This leads to packs of panicky parents stampeding through miles of stores in the hope that they can get their hands on the popular toy before stock runs out and prices skyrocket. Skip the rat race this year and give them a gift that is guaranteed to outlast and outperform any ‘it’ toy | Read more...
November 21, 2022
How to Manage Your Child’s Tech Exposure
Screen time is one of the most divisive and discussed issues in the past decade. While screen time has been both championed and heavily demonized, the real truth may be somewhere in the middle. | Read more...
November 7, 2022