Coding Hands-on
for kids
Explore 11 trusted coding hands-on resources selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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Engineer @ Home
A family engineering resource with research-backed, hands-on challenges using everyday materials to imagine, create, test, and improve.
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FIRST LEGO League
A guided robotics and STEM program where children build, code, collaborate, and solve real-world challenges.
Code E Locs
A Las Vegas youth nonprofit offering free coding and STEM education for children ages 6–17.
Commit2Code
A Chicago-area nonprofit teaching underserved students in grades 6–12 to code for free through library, school, and community partnerships.
Moose Code
A student-led nonprofit running free, beginner-friendly coding workshops for K–12 students through schools and community centers.
Open Source Kids
A New Mexico nonprofit teaching children programming, electronics, and robotics through free curriculum, teacher training, and community classes.
Satori Foundation
A New Jersey nonprofit developing free, hands-on AI, coding, and technology education for children, families, and adults.
TechBelt Academy
A Dallas-based nonprofit teaching children ages 6–15 coding and AI through free Scratch, Roblox, Minecraft, and Python programs.
The Works Museum
The Works Museum is a hands-on engineering museum for children ages 5–12 and their families, with interactive experiences, science and technology challenges, camps, and family visits.
Draper Spark!Lab
The National Museum of American History’s Spark!Lab invites children to create, collaborate, test, experiment, and invent through hands-on STEM and art activities.
KID Museum After-School Programs
KID Museum’s fall after-school sessions give children K–8th grade hands-on maker learning through innovative art, coding, circuitry, textiles, construction, and creative problem-solving.
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