Coding for kids! Under the Gui

‘This game would be so much cooler if I could just do it THIS way…’

Gaming is one of those things parents want to limit – getting kids outside and playing is the gold standard. But what if your child is really in love with the logic and world building that goes on in games like Minecraft and SimCity? That’s a skill that you can build on, just like kicking balls and climbing walls can move into soccer leagues and rock-climbing lessons.

Those sponge-like brains take on coding just like they would French or Mandarin. Teaching them to start tinkering with code early means when they have a problem they want to solve, they’ll have the tools to do it.

Kids who love to draw might approach creating a game as a way to interact with their very own creatures. Kids who love to tell stories and come up with rich imagined worlds can build them up to share with their friends. Of course, to actually get to the finished product, they learn to solve problems with logical tools, plan out their work in logical ways, and figure out how to create a game that will be fun for other people to play.

Even if they never become game designers or software developers, those skills will always be relevant.

Think your child is too young to start tinkering with code? Think again! Under the GUI starts kids as young as 7 with coding classes geared to teach them how to create their own game. Move up to learning how to code games to play on phones and consoles, or even book them time to work on their own projects with instructors on hand to help.

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This post is sponsored by Under the GUI, a computer programming school dedicated to teaching children how to create video games and more. We teach in the evenings and weekends, outside of regular school hours.