Awesome Programming for Kids

A curated list of awesome resources for teaching kids programming.

Pre-Literate

The Foos - A funny, pre-literate iPad game that teaches concepts for commands, parameters, loops, and conditionals.
Scratch Jr. - An app that teaches young kids how to visually code interactive stories and games. A simplified version of the Scratch website, for a tablet.
Cubetto - An expensive, yet screen-free introduction to coding especially for a Montessori environment. Includes a robot and a wooden programming board with removable command pieces.

Lightbot - Solve puzzles with commands, loops, and conditionals. Comes in Lightbot and lightbot Jr, and a mobile app or a desktop website.
Cargo Bot - iPad app to solve problems with constraints using commands, loops, conditional statements. More difficult puzzles than Lightbot.
Code.org - A website with interactive coding games and courses for kids. Covers a large range of ages and skill levels.
Scratch - Scratch is a popular visual programming language for beginners, created by MIT. The Scratch website is a platform for kids to make interactive stories and share them with each other.
Code Master - An addictive board game that builds problem solving skills and understanding of programming logic. Starts basic and moves to very advanced.

DIY.org - An online community for kids to learn anything. Programming skills listed are App Dev, Backend Dev, Frontend Dev, Game Dev, Graphic Designer, Open Sourcerer, Scratcher, Sys Admin, and Web Designer.
Bitsbox - A monthly box subscription that teaches kids how to code.
CS Unplugged - A collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.
Lauren Ipsum - A book that teaches problem-solving concepts in the context of programming. Sample chapters available online.
Lego Mindstorms - A robotics kit by Lego.
Ruby Warrior - An online tutorial-game with cool music that teaches Ruby programming.
Swift Playgrounds - Apple's fun iPad app for learning Swift.
Khan Academy - Computer Programming - A series of web-based programming lessons with interactive challenges, by Khan Academy. Teaches topics like animation, game development, and web programming. Users can post questions, which get answered quickly by the community.
Web Design for Kids - A series of tutorials teaching children the basics of designing and building a website with HTML and CSS.
Finch Robot - A small robot designed for computer science education with support for multiple programming languages.
Secret Coders - A engaging book series that teaches programming concepts through Logo.