Great sites for kids!
All sites linked here are FREE to use (we list non-free online courses on a separate page), and specifically for young children: (Older children, and parents, may instead be interested in e.g. Google's Développez de nouvelles compétences adaptées à l'univers numérique, Neue Kompetenzen für die digitale Welt, Online courses.)
In English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano ...
- Code.org
- Scratch
- ScratchJr App (Android + Apple)
- Swift Playgrounds App (Apple only)
- KhanAcademy (FR) (DE)
- Schoolhouse
- Google CS First (FR, DE)
- DuoLingo
- Code Club World Projects Projects with Scratch, HTML, Python etc.
English only
French
Vidéos
- Physics Girl
- Top Factory
- La Tronche en Biais
- Science4All — Math & Science avec Lê
- Science étonnante
- Mickaël Launay — Micmath
- Monsieur Phi
- Balade Mentale
- Dimension
- Stardust - La Chaîne Espace
- Europe Code Week
English
Make Computers do things (AKA "programming")
- Made with Code
- Roblox (Parent’s Guide)
- Grasshopper
- Mimo
- CodeCombat
- AppInventor - like Scratch but make Apps for Android smartphones & tablets!
- Tynker
- Snap! - like Scratch, but extensible with custom JavaScript
- Pencil Code
- Gamefroot
- CodeMonkey
- CodecAdemy
- Robocode
- Glitch
- Alice
- Greenfoot
- RobotMagic
- Godot, with tutorials from KidsCanCode or GDquest (Godot is like Unity3D but Open Source)
- Kodu
- Gamestar Mechanic
- Pygame with tutorials from KidsCanCode
- Google Code-in annual Dec/Jan coding contest for 13-17 yr olds, from Google, with prices!
- Git it (and the patchwork)
- OASIS.learn.study /make Minecraft Scratch server
Hacking
- OverTheWire wargames, to learn hacking... ;-)
- rootz r00tz-web-intro
- Khan Academy's Online data security
News Websites
- Kids friendly general news
- xyza
- YoungZine
- News for Kids
- Teaching Kids News
- Tween Tribune
- dogonews
- WaPo's Kids Post
- Time for Kids $ (timeedge.com)
- First News UK (£)
- Kids friendly science news
Video Channels
EDUtainement
- TEDEd
- ASAPscience
- CrashCourse
- Kurzgesagt
- SciShow
- Extra Credits
- Life noggin
- It's okay to be smart
- The infographic show
- Nat and Friends
eduTAINEMENT
Sites
Hardware
Kits
- Pockit
- micro:bit
- BBC Tynker Dr. Who HighFive Inventor Coding Kit
- LEGO WeDo
- MakeyMakey
- littleBits
- Technology Will Save Us
- Chibitronics
- Build Piper computer Build your own computer kit with Minecraft: Pi!
- Kano computer
- CodeBug
- Kniwwelino
- Calliope
- LilyPad
- Circuit Playground Express
- sino:bit
Robots
- Maqueen: Slides, video & another
- Thymio
- Cubetto
- Anki Cosmo
- Dash by Wonder Workshop
- Ozobot by bit/evo
- Robobox
- Sphero
- Hummingbird Kit
or use the simulator (Sim) in Open Roberta Lab!
Educational Games
Apps
Both iOS & Android
Android
iOS
PC
- GCompris for smaller kids, in many languages, also on Android
How to get started in Open Source?
- Git Hub's Open Source Guides
- Some projects which Red Hat works on (and on GH) or Trending
- Red Hat's open-source
Various Guides
Related Guide For Parents
- Jeunes et médias & Jugend und Medien
- Pro Juventute
- Google's Be Internet Awesome! Helping kids be safe, confident explorers of the online world incl. Explore Interland
- Google's Digital Wellbeing
- ConnectSafely
- Common Sense Media
Local Events
Workshops
Lausanne, Switzerland
- EPFL Robots & Co Newsletter
- EPFL SPS Newsletter
- ScratchDay.ch et le studio avec quelques projets et les slides
Zurich, Switzerland
Competitions
Switzerland (National)
- Schweizer Jugend forscht Concours/Wettbewerb & Studienwochen
- Informatik Biber
International
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