The Foos Coding 5+ | Award-winning free educational programming game for Android

11 things about The Foos Coding 5+ | Award-winning free educational programming game

1. The Foos was originally created for The 'Hour of Code', a nationwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week [csedweek.org] and Code.org [code.org] to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming.

2. Parents and teachers are using The Foos first when introducing their kids and students to programming and computer science.

3. codeSpark is delivering computer science education to kids in over 150 countries by turning programming into play.

4. The company was founded when our CEO wanted to introduce his daughters to coding and couldn’t find any resources that were girl-friendly ways to learn the ABC's of computer science.

5. They’ll track down a sneaky donut thief, rescue puppies lost in space and serve up gourmet meals while mastering core computer science concepts.

6. The Foos is an introduction for those who have no experience programming and is all-ages friendly! That means anyone from 5 to 105 can play, have fun and learn real programming logic.

7. YES! The Foos gameplay is based on curriculum from MIT and Exploring Computer Science at UCLA.

8. The Foos are funny, happy creatures that inspire kids to create and collaborate through programming.

9. The Foos app is inspired by visual programming languages such as Scratch from MIT, Alice from CMU and other ‘beginner’ programming languages like Logo, SmallTalk, and Squeak.

10. Get your kids excited about the ABC's of computer science with our award-winning game.

11. Coding with The Foos requires visual, intuitive and imaginative input that builds critical computational thinking skills for future success.