"We don't PLAY Games, We MAKE Games" After School and in-School Program (Grades R-9) Coding (programming) is telling a computer, app, phone or website what you want it to do. Some educators and experts are calling it the ‘new literacy’ a subject so important that every child needs to know the basics to excel in our rapidly changing world. Learning to Code Develops Problem Solving And Computational Thinking Skills. Learning to code prepares kids for the world we live in today. Today, computing is involved in almost all aspects of our lives, from communications and education to social media, banking, information, security and shopping. If learners are taught biology and mathematics in order to understand the world around them, then knowing the basics of how computers communicate—and how to engage with them—should be a given. When learning to program, kids understand and tinker with the digital world they inhabit. Coding draws back the seeming “magic” of technology so they can truly understand the logic and science that controls this technology. A discovery that is all the more magical. Learning how to program is like learning any other language in that the skill must be practiced and tested out. Just as languages open up the ability to communicate with worlds of people, programming gives children the ability to create technologies that impact those around them. With just a computer, kids can use their programming skills to build things that could change the world. If you can read, you can learn how to program with SA SchoolCoding. At the heart of our program is an extraordinary curriculum carefully crafted to develop both the skill of genuine logical reasoning and the joy found in thinking mathematically. SA SchoolCoding students not only have fun in the classroom but also develop critical reasoning skills and a genuine understanding of the logical reasoning processes required to solve advanced math problems.