To our Parents,

For us, Saturdays have always been highlighted by the time we spend coding with our brilliant and motivated students. However, with recent events we are all continuously adjusting our lives nearly every day. While school, activities, and life may seem a bit shuffled at the moment, we wanted to offer a list of our favorite self-paced online coding resources available at your leisure.

Free Resources for students age 6-10

• Code.org
  • Pre-reader Express (https://studio.code.org/s/pre-express-2019)
  • Express Course (https://studio.code.org/s/express-2019)

Free Resources for students age 10+

• Student Typer
• FreeCodeCamp.org
  • Basic HTML and HTML5 (https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/responsive-web-design/basic-html-and-html5/say-hello-to-html-elements)
  • Basic CSS (https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/responsive-web-design/basic-css/change-the-color-of-text)
• CodeCombat
  • Start with Kithgard Dungeon https://codecombat.com/play
  • If you are interested in this and have completed the first dungeon, let us know and we will add you to a classroom so you can use more of the levels. 

We hope that you will enjoy utilizing these platforms at home. Please feel welcome to reach out to us if you have any questions, comments, or resources we can share. Additionally, if you have any suggestions for programming you would like for us to offer during this time, we would love to try and accommodate new ideas!

Happy Coding!

– Code Palm Beach Board

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