Teaching kids to code is of paramount importance in today's digitized world. Coding equips children with essential skills that are not only applicable to computer science but also transcend into various aspects of life. By engaging in coding, kids develop logical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and computational thinking skills. These skills foster creativity, critical thinking, and innovation, empowering them to approach challenges with a strategic mindset. Moreover, coding enhances communication and collaboration skills as students often work together, share ideas, and troubleshoot issues. Learning to code at an early age also promotes persistence, resilience, and an understanding of the iterative nature of problem-solving. In an increasingly technology-driven society, teaching kids to code prepares them to adapt and thrive in the 21st-century workforce while nurturing a generation of digitally fluent individuals.

Kids love shooting angry birds, crushing candy, trading monsters in Pokemon, and rallying troops in Clash of Clans. Kids love games! Games are a huge part of their lives. However, what we don't realize is that games are high-octane learning machines that excite them by driving their curiosity to discover something new, make them feel accomplished when they overcome a difficult challenge or reach a personal objective. They encourage them to experiment, develop strategies, and learn new skills. They increase perseverance, improve memory, teach patience, nurture creativity, and in general, help them think! It is time to use the power of games to accomplish great things!

Code is a system of communication where symbols, words, characters are all assigned a definite meaning, while coding is the process of translating these codes to form an instruction in a language understood by computers. Programming is arranging these codes in a particular sequence to perform a certain function.

We are a bunch of computer engineers, geeks, and educators in Silicon Valley that firmly believe that coding can be used for more than just creating applications. At CodeLinkd, we are incredibly passionate about bringing Computer Science, Engineering, and STEAM concepts to kids from a very early age, tapping into their endless creativity and helping them create beautiful and responsible code. Our highly talented team of educators and advisors have an average of 10+ years of experience in the fields of computer science engineering, including masters from reputed universities like Carnegie Mellon University, University at Buffalo, University of Strathclyde, and professional experience in Fortune 500 companies.

We do realize that sometimes kids do not generate interest for certain camps and do allow for them to cancel their registration (and obtain a full refund) after attending a certain number of classes.

For the Regular Weekly Courses (classes which happen once a week through a semester), we will offer a full refund if the parents decide to cancel their registrations by the first two classes of the course.

For all the Camps (Weekend and School Break Camps), this time period is shortened to the first day of the camp, i.e. Parents have the opportunity to cancel their registrations and are eligible for a full refund if they do so before the second day of the camp.

We will also be happy to mentor kids in private tutoring courses and participation in hackathons and other technology challenges. In fact, a team of high school girls mentored by one of us was placed runners-up in a worldwide mobile technology and entrepreneurship challenge named Technovation! Please email us your interest at (contact@codelinkd.com) and we would be happy to discuss this opportunity further.

We offer a 3D Design weekend camp, specifically for older kids 12 years and older.

We also offer Coding and Robotics - Senior courses for kids ages 12 and above, where we will be delving into syntactic programming languages like Python. The next batch of weekly regular classes will commence starting January 2021. Please reach out to us for any questions you may have.

In addition to the above mentioned courses, starting January 2021 we will be offering camps for Minecraft, LEGO Robotics (Mindstorm EV3) and Mini Robotics kits like Raspberry Pi.

D.I.Y courses or Do-It-Yourself courses are homework based courses that are designed for self-learning along with parental guidance. Keeping it on a homework basis allows the parents to be involved in the entire process and thereby helsp the kid if and when he/she gets stuck. Alternatively, it also builds into a bonding moment for the parent and the child. Regardless, our homework material consists of immersive videos from the instructors to establish a relationship with the kids and this allows them to understand the coursework better.

Some courses like the “ Virtual Coding - Elementary” course, caters to a really young age group and therefore we recommend the parents to be available throughout to help the kids with technical issues.