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🧒 Ages 5–7💻 Coding basics6 lessons⏱ 65 min📏 CSTA Level 1A

Code Critters

Think like a coder before you ever type! Robots, steps, loops and bug hunts — then your very first word of Python.

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📚 Lessons in this course

  • 🤖

    ⏱ 10 min

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    What Is Code?

    Computers only do what we tell them. Code is how we talk to them — let’s meet Robo!

  • 👣

    ⏱ 10 min

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    Step by Step

    Order matters! Learn how putting steps in the right order makes a program work.

  • 🔁

    ⏱ 10 min

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    Again and Again

    Why say it ten times? Loops tell the computer to repeat steps — super useful!

  • 🐞

    ⏱ 10 min

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    Oops! Bug Hunt

    A bug is a mistake in code. Become a bug detective and fix them!

  • 🔀

    ⏱ 10 min

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    If This, Then That

    Computers can make choices! Learn how “if” helps code decide what to do.

  • 🐍

    ⏱ 15 min

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    My First Python Words

    With a grown-up, type your very first real Python code and make the computer say hello!