A PATHWAY to CODING confidence

Our self-paced learning PROGRAMMES allows kids to progress their skills and seamlessly transition to text languages like Scratch, Alice Programming, JavaScript and Python, HTML etc…….

If you don’t know the first thing about coding, you’ve come to the right place.

We’ve put together a Presentation which will give you all the background information you need on coding and our company. It starts with an explanation on the benefits of learning coding. Here, you’ll find out why our President underwrites Coding as part of the Educational future for our youth.

President Cyril Ramaphosa declared: ” We have to prepare our young people for the jobs of the future. This is why we are introducing subjects like coding and data analytics at primary school level.”; 

Our program aims to bring "fun” to programming by using a small, easy to learn programming language for beginners. If you have any interest in learning computer programming, this application supplied by STIMU-ZONE is aimed at kids and beginners.

CODING FOR KIDS

Introducing computer programming – CODING – to your kids can be a challenge, especially for those who aren’t familiar with the nuances of code. Fortunately, in the last few years, a number of apps, software, and guides have been produced that make the often-complex subject of computer coding easy to grasp for young learners.

The benefits of coding for kids especially in the classroom:

Kids who learn coding and programming logic are better problem solvers, have stronger analytical reasoning skills, and become more involved, inquisitive learners and have a drive to construct knowledge. It’s also a STEM ((science, technology, engineering and mathematics) discipline, one that teaches kids how the internet works, how many systems they rely on function. It’s also a skill critical for a global economy driven by technology.

There are benefits beyond logical thinking too. Brian Heese (2014) writes: ‘when you learn computer programming you learn how to check your work for details, how to apply logic and how to persist at a task. You also learn how to ask a good question, often in written form. Finally, you learn how to collaborate because much programming today is accomplished in teams. These timeless skills and learning behaviours will endure far longer than any programming language.

Teaching Computational thinking (CODING) in Pre schools.

Coding really is a new type of literacy, except students DO NOT need to be able to read……….As computers continue to become a more integral part of our daily lives, it’s going to become just as important to teach our children to code as it is to teach them to read.

The thing that many people don’t realize is that coding is a creative endeavor. We think of writing code as Computer Science. Science is logical and has a method. Coding is also logical, and it also has a method, but when we code, we can use the logic and method to create.

What’s more, we can teach this new kind of creative literacy to our youngest students. In the same way that there are developmentally appropriate ways to expose young children to reading and writing, there are developmentally appropriate ways to introduce young children to coding.