PreK-5 Computer Science: Building Foundations

break down big challenges (take a project and decompose it into smaller, more manageable parts)

think in "if-then" logic (practice conditional thinking; if one thing happens, the program should do "this"; otherwise it should do "that")

solve problems systematically (a mistake is not a failure; it is called debugging and most learning happens that way)

predict and evaluate outcomes (trace through steps & understand that there is more than one way to solve a problem)

use data to tell a story (organize info so it is easy for others to read and make decisions based on it)

design with empathy (that when designing a solution, we need to think about the people using it)

understand how digital systems "talk" (learn the language of how devices communicate and how to stay safe while using them)