Category: Online Coding Classes

Coding Terms You Need to Know

Published on April 14, 2021

Every activity or subject has its own jargon or common words that have specific meanings in that context. You don’t need to be a poet to understand the word “metaphor,” but literature also features more specialized terms like “assonance” or “onomatopoeia.” Sometimes, a word may have one connotation in general usage, but it means something […]

Coding Imparts Math Skills and Good Mental Habits

Published on March 25, 2021

Parents face a tricky balance; how can they ensure their child has ample time for innocent, unstructured play that all kids need while also readying them for future competition? This question is an old one that has been complicated, like everything else, by COVID-19. Every parent who is managing their family throughout all of this […]

4 Ways Learning to Code Improves Your Mind

Published on March 9, 2021

Sometimes people learn more than they expect to when they delve into certain subjects. Disciplines like literature teach lessons in between the lines — the words themselves contain meaning, but there are secondary, implied lessons that students absorb incidentally. What can a student learn from coding, aside from learning to code? What are the direct […]

What Your Child Needs for Online Coding Lessons

Published on February 26, 2021

You’ve finally decided to enroll your child in online coding classes — good! That’s the first step. Our programming courses are designed to be easy to take from home. There are just a few things you need to know before you begin, and soon, your child will be working away programming video games and losing […]

How do Coding Skills Transfer to the Classroom?

Published on February 9, 2021

Sometimes, people have wonderful hobbies that also have secondary benefits. Kids who learn music get to experience and share the joys of instruments like guitar or piano, but playing music also helps improve cognitive abilities related to language, memory, and math skills. Learning to code has many primary benefits and a lot of secondary benefits […]

The Best Way for Kids to Learn Coding

Published on January 25, 2021

While not everybody learns the same way, some pedagogical approaches work better than others. It’s especially important to find the right path for kids to learn because they’re new to learning, which is all fresh for them. The last thing a teacher wants to do to a young child is turn them off the subject […]

Signs Your Child Needs Coding Classes

Published on January 12, 2021

Parents want to sign their children up for fun and productive activities, but they don’t always know what they’ll enjoy. Most kids don’t identify their passion right away, and it can be difficult for parents to know before undergoing some trial and error. On the other hand, activities like coding require certain skills and temperaments. […]

Christmas Coding Games Your Kids Will Love

Published on December 9, 2020

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and at RP4K that means one thing: more coding! We think the Christmas holidays should be spent playing coding games because having fun while coding is the core of what RP4K does all year. The teachers at RP4K are passionate and knowledgeable about coding, but we prefer […]

How RP4K Gets Girls to Code

Published on November 25, 2020

Real Programming 4 Kids believes passionately in the value of STEM education, but even more than that, we believe everyone should be able to learn about their passions. Historically, careers like engineering and computer science were dominated by men, which takes a long time to undo. According to Engineers Canada, in 2017, women make up […]

10 Games That Encourage Kids to Code

Published on November 10, 2020

Video games are a great way to get children into coding. Not only is coding the thing that brings games to life, some of them even teach actual coding skills. Sometimes video games are so much fun that children don’t even realize they’re learning. If you want your kids to get a taste for coding, […]

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