Microsoft presented a list of 8 games and sites that will help schoolchildren and anyone who wants to learn programming. The games are mainly designed for children of preschool and primary school age. Those who want to master them can independently, only in the first game the participation of the teacher is required.

1. game.kodable.com - a service for teachers who want a non-standard approach to teaching programming. An online class is created in just 1 mouse click - and you can invite students to classes!

2. code.org - an international project whose goal is to give every student in any school the opportunity to study computer science and programming. Children can learn the simplest principles of programming with the help of colorful games.

3. lightbot.com- the task in the game is to program the robot to perform the necessary actions. An excellent visual way to introduce a child to the concept of algorithms.

4. piktomir.ru is another game about robots that teaches the basics of programming to preschoolers and junior high school students. PiktoMir allows a child to "assemble" a simple program that controls a virtual robot performer from icons on the computer screen.

5. playcodemonkey.com – programming is taught by cute animals. There are lessons for different levels.

6. scratch.mit.edu - a learning community with more than 9 million projects! Supported by MIT - the leading technological university in the USA.

7. ceebot.com - a site that introduces important elements of C ++, C # and Java in a playful way.

8. codecombat.com - a game in the style of a medieval castle siege teaches completely modern programming skills.

According to the material: press service of Microsoft Ukraine