Coding Games for Kids, Especially Girls, Have Come a Long Way A slew of new options convince me that they might just benefit from more screen time, not less. Photograph: Dragon Images/Getty Images ...

A group of children in Surrey are spending the hot summer days inside, learning how to code video games.

From Hasbro's Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar to Anki's Cozmo to the Lego Boost kit, theses games and robots are teaching kids the basics of computer programming.

Coding for Kids: Python: Learn to Code with 50 Awesome Games and Activities ($18) is recommended for ages 10-18.

2. Code Combat This is similar to Code Monkey in that it tries to get kids away from the more sterile side of coding through game-based learning.

Osmo's latest iPad game lets kids use modular, magnetic blocks to create sets of executable instructions.

Ubisoft Montreal has taken a break from murdering people throughout history to release a free coding game for kids. Rabbids Coding is an educational game with a slapstick bent, courtesy of the ...

A national plan to develop the AI sector also requires coding classes in elementary and secondary schools, with private sector involvement in designing games and the use of related software.

Through a snappy, adorable little iPad app, kids can now learn about the overall structure of coding by developing their own games or animated pictures.