Gaining coding skills is the most important future job skill. So, how to develop a love of coding in your kid? Try this screen-free Dinosaur Coding Book for Kids ages 5-6-7! The activities in this book encourage children to think like a coder. They serve as an introduction to basic coding and computational and algorithm thinking and foster critical thinking, logical reasoning, and making creative sequences to reach the objective - the same skills used by computer scientists every day! The book, which is full of engaging unplugged coding activities, consists of: Part 1 - Meet Us - in this part your kids get to know four friendly Dinosaurs - Coby, Ozzie, Demi and Emma. The Dinosaurs are the teachers, and they will teach your kid coding. Part 2 - Let's Code! - this part is divided into four levels: Step 1 - Coding Warm-Up: the pages of this part are full of colourful activities that teach your kid some important skills like sequence, pattern recognition, debugging, decomposition, abstraction, loops, and branching. Step 2 - Arrows, Directions and Coding: all activities in this part involve using arrows (right, left, up and down) to generate solutions to number of tasks. Step 3 - Coordinates and Coding: our crazy Dinosaurs explain your kid how the coordinates work and how we can use them while coding. Of course, there are plenty of activities for your kid to do! Step 4 - Binary System and Coding: Coby, Ozzie, Demi and Emma teach your kid what the binary system is and give your child some funny tasks to complete using the binary codes. After each chapter your kid gets a certificate of successful completion of the coding step. Besides, at the end of the book you can find answers to all activities! Surprise ! It is not the end of the book. There is a CodeBoard for your kids to cut out and practice their coding skills. Undoubtedly, coding is the new literacy, and this book is a cool screen-free idea for teaching kids to code! It allows kids to acquire a number of valuable skills, which in turn gives them a good start into the future. So, give Dinosaur Coding Book for Kids ages 5-6-7 a try and get started coding with your kid today! The book is available in two versions: Dinosaurs Coding Book & Monster Coding Book.
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