Below are three important guides from Apple Education to help teachers integrate coding into their instruction. The guides feature a plethora of educational resources designed specifically for younger students. These include reflection questions, coding activities, lessons, tutorials, and many more. The guides are ordered by level of difficulty. Code 1 and 2, for instance, can be used regardless of prior coding experience. Code 3, however, requires familiarity with Code 1 and Code 2. You may want to give them a try and see whether they work for your teaching context or not.
“This Teacher Guide is designed to help you bring coding into the early primary classroom, no matter what your level of experience with coding is. You’ll use visual-based apps like codeSpark Academy and Tynker to teach students ages five to seven to think like a coder. The guide includes activities, reflection questions, journal prompts, and more to help you teach coding concepts and apply them in everyday contexts.”
“This Teacher Guide is designed to help you bring coding into the primary classroom, no matter what your level of experience with coding is. You’ll use visual-based apps like Tynker to teach students ages eight to eleven to think like a coder. The guide includes activities, reflection questions, journal prompts, and more to to help you teach coding concepts and apply them in everyday contexts.”
“This Teacher Guide is designed to help you bring Learn to Code 3 from Swift Playgrounds into the classroom. It includes activities, reflection questions, journal prompts, and more to help you bring coding into any classroom. Prior experience with Learn to Code 1 and 2 is recommended.”
