Kids Coding Mentors
Jeyla is one of our kid coding mentors at Stanford University and shares her perspective about what she wishes she knew earlier about learning to code. As a Computer Science major, it’s no surprise that I love to code. However, this wasn’t always …
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The Hour of Code is an incredible annual event that encourages every school to spend one hour of class time coding. The vast adoption worldwide is remarkable. Did you know that over 100 million students have participated across 180 …
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The Breakout Mentors approach to coding requires a lot from our instructors. Much more than a summer camp or after-school center that will have a step-by-step tutorial led by a high school student. To illustrate the difference, let's compare it to …
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It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently. ― Tony Robbins Consistency is the secret to the personalized approach for kids learning to code. There is no perfect curriculum or teacher that can reach …
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Breakout Mentors provides the personalized approach for kids learning to code. PERSON-alized, because we focus on the individual needs of each student and are led by an actual mentor. The person leading the student is the most important factor for …
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Everything Breakout Mentors does is structured for the long-term benefit of our students. We do not simply teach the same beginner level tutorial to everyone and shoo them out the door... (do you know any summer camps like that?) Our goal is to …
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This week around the world, tens of millions of students are doing an Hour of Code. For many this will be their very first taste of programming and the beginning of a lifelong journey. Why is the Hour of Code this week and not some other time? …
As a busy parent, you have no interest in learning how to code. After a long day, the last thing you want to do is to spend many hours learning computer programming you won't use. But your young son or daughter loves coding and you want to be able to …
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