Coding Fundamentals: LEVEL
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Programming Basics

Coding puzzles and playgrounds teach computer science fundamentals in a fun and innovative way.

Tynker gets kids coding with confidence. Access this and 5,000 more fun activities today!
Beginner Level
Build 21 Projects
Code at Your Own Pace
Earn Certificate
Complete 39 Lessons
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Tynker gets kids coding with confidence. Access this and 5,000 more fun activities today!

What's Inside!

Our creativity tools, interactive story-based lessons, and fun characters will motivate students to learn fundamental programming concepts and take their first big steps toward coding.

What You'll Learn:

  • Break big problems down into smaller steps.
  • Explore foundational coding and debugging techniques in a visual, kid-friendly way.
  • Build a solid foundation of CS concepts like sequencing, pattern recognition, event-handling, loops, and conditional logic, all through play-based learning.
  • Create original programs with pen-based art, music, and animation in open-ended creative coding sandboxes.
  • Build and debug simple programs in Tynker Workshop.

Students with coding experience can skip ahead with a placement test.

Elective Courses: Minecraft Modding, Art & Music

Prerequisites
Recommended for Ages 5+

How It Works:

Guided Learning

If you’ve never coded before, start with Level 1. Complete each Lesson — your progress will be saved as you advance through the Lesson Map.

Take a Placement Test

If the first few lessons seem too easy for you, go to Level 2 (or whichever level seems most appropriate given your experience). You’ll be prompted to complete a placement test. After completing it, you’ll be placed in the correct level. If you advance, all lessons from previous levels will be unlocked, so that you can go back and explore exciting coding projects and challenges.

Note: Without successfully passing a placement test, you won’t be able to skip ahead. You can also complete all the lessons on the map to proceed to the next level.

Complete All Lessons

Level 1 has 39 coding lessons in 6 units. You should be able to finish each lesson in about 20-30 minutes, but you can complete them at your own pace. We recommend completing a lesson every day, but you can decide to go faster or slower. A routine of coding and learning can help anyone achieve success.

All Tynker lessons are self-guided. Each interactive lesson includes concept introductions, coding puzzles, step-by-step tutorials, and assessments.

Earn a Certificate

At the end of each unit, practice tests will help students prepare for the end-of-level assessments. By completing the Assessment Test with a score of 80% or higher, you’ll earn a certificate. A certificate is not required to continue to the next level. However, we recommend that students complete the level assessment and earn these credentials so that they can share their accomplishments with prospective colleges or employers.

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$120 USD billed annually | cancel any time

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$780 $312 one time USD payment
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Lifetime access to all self-guided courses, from novice to expert

28% savings over Quarterly

3-Year All-Access plans include:

  • 70+ courses
  • 5,000+ activities
  • Block Coding
  • Text Coding
  • 3 Mobile Apps
  • Minecraft Modding
  • Game Design
  • Robotics
  • Hardware
  • Web Development
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Processing (P5.JS)
  • Data Science
  • Advanced CS

Tynker is designed to progress with your child. A three year plan accelerates their coding mastery from block coding to advanced text languages.

Choose a Plan to Accelerate Your Learning

Choose Live Online Courses

Choose a Plan to Accelerate Your Learning

Choose a 3-Year Self-Paced Plan

60% OFF

Yearly

$25 $10 /month Now $120 USD billed annually cancel any time
60% OFF

Lifetime*

$780 $312 one time USD payment 28% savings over Quarterly
60% OFF

Quarterly

$30 $12 /month Now $36 USD billed quarterly cancel any time
60% OFF

Quarterly

$30 $12 /month Now $36 USD billed quarterly cancel any time
60% OFF

Yearly

$25 $10 /month Now $120 USD billed annually cancel any time
60% OFF

Lifetime*

$780 $312 one time USD payment 28% savings over Quarterly
* Lifetime plan details are available here.

Access everything Tynker offers, plus expert coaching

  • Complimentary live coaching session per child to get started with confidence
  • Thousands of hours of creative projects in Game Design, Minecraft, Python concepts, and more
  • Parent dashboard with mastery stats - watch as they progress from novice to expert
  • Personalized assessments and certifications in real-world languages
  • 5,000+ lessons built to improve problem solving skills and academic performance
  • 30 Day Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee
  • Beginner

    Minecraft Modding: Sandsville Sorcerer

    Embark on a magical quest while mastering the art of crafting Minecraft skins, items, blocks, mobs, and more!

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    Course Overview

    Embark on 30+ exciting missions to create skins, mythical creatures, fascinating structures and code mob behavior, all while enhancing  computational thinking skills. Students will learn to edit Minecraft skins, items, mobs & build structures with Tynker.

    Learning Objectives

    • Create custom skins for players
    • Design a mythical animal and bring them to life
    • Modify mobs behavior using code
    • Foster creativity while designing intricate structures
    • Enchant tools to defend village from mobs
    • Introduction to computational thinking via Minecraft Modding
    • 30+ Activities
    • Skill Level: Beginners
    • Format: Online 1-on-1 Lessons
    • Classes: 4 one hour sessions
    • Schedule: Anytime, any day
    • Required: Windows 10 or above with 4 GB RAM and Minecraft Bedrock version installed
    • Minecraft Bedrock System Requirements

    Skills

    Critical Thinking Sequencing Computational Thinking Creative Building STEM: Plants and Animals Commands Mob Editing Use of Inventory 3D Structures Modding Spawning Enhancements
  • Intermediate

    Minecraft Modding: Cosmic Chronicles

    Explore new biomes as you create intricate Minecraft structures, mods, and games using visual coding.

    Create your schedule: anytime, any day.

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    Course Overview

    Embark on 30+ exciting missions to build structures using coding, survival skills and fundamental redstone techniques, all while honing the coding skills. Students will learn to edit Minecraft skins, items, create mods & build complex structures with Tynker.

    Learning Objectives

    • Learn survival hacks in Minecraft
    • Build faster using code
    • Enchant items in Minecraft
    • Explore different biomes
    • Learn to create basic redstone circuits
    • 30+ Activities
    • Skill Level: Beginners to Intermediate
    • Format: Online 1-on-1 Lessons
    • Classes: 4 one hour sessions
    • Schedule: Anytime, any day
    • Required: Windows 10 or above with 4 GB RAM and Minecraft Bedrock version installed
    • Minecraft Bedrock System Requirements

    Skills

    Critical Thinking Creative Building Coding Fundamentals Design Thinking Curiosity & Innovation Mob Editing Crafting Underwater Structures Modding Enhancements Survival Hacks
  • Advanced

    Minecraft Modding: Redstone Revelation

    Become a redstone master as you craft planetary havens, powered rails, TNT cannons, and code-driven traps.

    Create your schedule: anytime, any day.

    % OFF

    Classes

    $0 $0 / class

    $0 one time payment

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    Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee*

    Show Hide Course Details

    Course Overview

    Embark on 30+ highly complex missions to build innovative habitats, mine, and create transportation systems, all while mastering the art of redstone engineering. Students will learn to build complex structures, redstone mechanisms, and mod with Tynker.

    Learning Objectives

    • Learn about ores and how to process them to extract material
    • Build strong problem solving and reasoning skills by building structures and crafting items using code
    • Learn planning by playing effectively using limited resources
    • Foster critical thinking by working with redstone mechanisms
    • Learn game mechanics in Minecraft
    • 30+ Activities
    • Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
    • Format: Online 1-on-1 Lessons
    • Classes: 4 one hour sessions
    • Schedule: Anytime, any day
    • Required: Windows 10 or above with 4 GB RAM and Minecraft Bedrock version installed
    • Minecraft Bedrock System Requirements

    Skills

    Critical Thinking Problem Solving Coding Fundamentals Game Design STEM: Circuits and Engineering Mob Editing Redstone Mechanics Modding Dispenser Pulsar TNT Cannon Command Blocks
  • Beginner

    Minecraft Modding: Sandsville Sorcerer

    Embark on a magical quest while mastering the art of crafting Minecraft skins, items, blocks, mobs, and more!

    Create your schedule: anytime, any day.

    % OFF

    Classes

    $0 $0 / class

    $0 one time payment

    Book a Class

    Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee*

    Show Hide Course Details

    Course Overview

    Embark on 30+ exciting missions to create skins, mythical creatures, fascinating structures and code mob behavior, all while enhancing  computational thinking skills. Students will learn to edit Minecraft skins, items, mobs & build structures with Tynker.

    Learning Objectives

    • Create custom skins for players
    • Design a mythical animal and bring them to life
    • Modify mobs behavior using code
    • Foster creativity while designing intricate structures
    • Enchant tools to defend village from mobs
    • Introduction to computational thinking via Minecraft Modding
    • 30+ Activities
    • Skill Level: Beginners
    • Format: Online 1-on-1 Lessons
    • Classes: 4 one hour sessions
    • Schedule: Anytime, any day
    • Required: Windows 10 or above with 4 GB RAM and Minecraft Bedrock version installed
    • Minecraft Bedrock System Requirements

    Skills

    Critical Thinking Sequencing Computational Thinking Creative Building STEM: Plants and Animals Commands Mob Editing Use of Inventory 3D Structures Modding Spawning Enhancements
  • Intermediate

    Minecraft Modding: Cosmic Chronicles

    Explore new biomes as you create intricate Minecraft structures, mods, and games using visual coding.

    Create your schedule: anytime, any day.

    % OFF

    Classes

    $0 $0 / class

    $0 one time payment

    Book a Class

    Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee*

    Show Hide Course Details

    Course Overview

    Embark on 30+ exciting missions to build structures using coding, survival skills and fundamental redstone techniques, all while honing the coding skills. Students will learn to edit Minecraft skins, items, create mods & build complex structures with Tynker.

    Learning Objectives

    • Learn survival hacks in Minecraft
    • Build faster using code
    • Enchant items in Minecraft
    • Explore different biomes
    • Learn to create basic redstone circuits
    • 30+ Activities
    • Skill Level: Beginners to Intermediate
    • Format: Online 1-on-1 Lessons
    • Classes: 4 one hour sessions
    • Schedule: Anytime, any day
    • Required: Windows 10 or above with 4 GB RAM and Minecraft Bedrock version installed
    • Minecraft Bedrock System Requirements

    Skills

    Critical Thinking Creative Building Coding Fundamentals Design Thinking Curiosity & Innovation Mob Editing Crafting Underwater Structures Modding Enhancements Survival Hacks
  • Advanced

    Minecraft Modding: Redstone Revelation

    Become a redstone master as you craft planetary havens, powered rails, TNT cannons, and code-driven traps.

    Create your schedule: anytime, any day.

    % OFF

    Classes

    $0 $0 / class

    $0 one time payment

    Book a Class

    Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee*

    Show Hide Course Details

    Course Overview

    Embark on 30+ highly complex missions to build innovative habitats, mine, and create transportation systems, all while mastering the art of redstone engineering. Students will learn to build complex structures, redstone mechanisms, and mod with Tynker.

    Learning Objectives

    • Learn about ores and how to process them to extract material
    • Build strong problem solving and reasoning skills by building structures and crafting items using code
    • Learn planning by playing effectively using limited resources
    • Foster critical thinking by working with redstone mechanisms
    • Learn game mechanics in Minecraft
    • 30+ Activities
    • Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
    • Format: Online 1-on-1 Lessons
    • Classes: 4 one hour sessions
    • Schedule: Anytime, any day
    • Required: Windows 10 or above with 4 GB RAM and Minecraft Bedrock version installed
    • Minecraft Bedrock System Requirements

    Skills

    Critical Thinking Problem Solving Coding Fundamentals Game Design STEM: Circuits and Engineering Mob Editing Redstone Mechanics Modding Dispenser Pulsar TNT Cannon Command Blocks
* Lifetime plan details are available here.

3-Year All-Access plans include:

  • 70+ courses
  • 5,000+ activities
  • Block Coding
  • Text Coding
  • 3 Mobile Apps
  • Minecraft Modding
  • Game Design
  • Robotics
  • Hardware
  • Web Development
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Processing (P5.JS)
  • Data Science
  • Advanced CS

Tynker is designed to progress with your child. A three year plan accelerates their coding mastery from block coding to advanced text languages.