If you decide to complete the Hour of Code during CS Ed Week, you may prefer to line up with their theme for this year. These were chosen from Code.org's list of ideas that are most connected to this year's theme (Make the (invisible) visible/)
Try out Code Monkey, Jr, a platform intended for 4-6 year olds to learn programming skills!
Some things you need to know:
Students do not need to login; they can press the "START PLAYING" button to play.
Link to the activity is HERE.
Here are Teacher Notes.
Programmers join a monkey on a mission to collect bananas and unlock treasure chests, all while learning the basics of block coding.
Code a Dance Party!
Some things you need to know:
Students do not need to login to participate. They do need to enter their age.
Link to the activity is HERE.
Students complete this activity on Code.org.
Here is a link to the activity.
Students can also do a Dance Party completely unplugged here, if you prefer this for younger students.
Moana's Hour of Code
Some things you need to know:
Students do not need to login to participate.
Here is a link to the activity.
Here is a link to teacher notes.
This is the most recent Disney Hour of Code activity by code.org.
This activity is available in multiple languages and can be student-led.
Draw flags of the world in Python!
Some things you need to know:
Students do not need to login to participate.
Here is a link to the activity.
This is a student led activity, but students would benefit from you circling and enjoying their artwork.
The activity gets more challenging as students work their way through flags from different countries through the world.
Note that because this is a text-based language, spelling and punctuation really matter. If students get confused, they can always hit the "reset" button to restore each level to the beginning.