Creative Coding in Python
teaches kids the fundamentals of computer programming and demonstrates how to code 30+ fun, creative projects using Python, a free, intuitive, open-source programming language that's one of the top five most popular worldwide.
Computer science educator Sheena Vaidyanathan helps kids
understand the fundamental ideas of computer programming and the process of computational thinking
using illustrations, flowcharts, and pseudocode, then shows how to apply those essentials to code
exciting projects
in Python:
Arcade games and apps
: Understand GUI (graphical user interfaces) and
create your own arcade games and apps
.
Geometric art
: Use turtle graphics to
create original masterpieces
Interactive fiction
: Explore booleans and conditionals to invent
“create your own adventure” games
Chatbots
: Discover variables, strings, integers, and more to
design conversational programs
Dice games
: Reuse code to devise
games of chance
What’s next?
Look at exciting ways to use your powerful new skills and
expand your knowledge of coding in Python
gives kids the tools they need to create their own computer programs.