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Welcome to The Foos, the #1 global platform for making your own games and learning to code. Join millions of players from 174 countries!
2016 Kidscreen Award - Best Learning App
2016 KAPI Award - Best App for Young Kids
2015 Parents’ Choice — Gold Medal
2015 USA Today — Best Pick
2015 Children’s Tech Review— Editor’s Choice for Excellence in Design
We’ve teamed up with Princeton and Harvey Mudd University professors to turn programming into play
Kids learn to code via a series of exciting adventures
Our word-free interface allows anyone, anywhere to play
They’ll track down a sneaky donut thief, rescue puppies lost in space and serve up gourmet meals while mastering core computer science concepts
The Foos Over 40 puzzle levels and 3 unique creative play areas for storytelling and animation
Our creative space Foo Studio allows kids to put programming concepts to work by making video games and programming interactive stories
Creations can then be shared with a global community of Foo coders
To be successful, kids must
determine the actions needed to solve each Foo’s problem
order actions in a logical sequence
recognize patterns
use those patterns to make their code more efficient
test solutions
learn from tests and try revised solutions
The Foos is an introduction for those who have no experience programming and is all-ages friendly! That means anyone from 5 to 105 can play, have fun and learn real programming logic
The Foos is easy to learn, full of playful characters and it's easy to experiment
Children's Technology Review
Most appealing to me as a parent was seeing how my children enjoyed working together on the puzzles. Even my teenager was completely engaged
Parent’s Choice Awards
The Foos was originally created for The 'Hour of Code', a global initiative from Code.org [code.org] and Computer Science Education Week [csedweek.org] to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming
Parents and teachers are using The Foos first when introducing their kids and students to programming and computer science
Parents can follow codeSpark on Facebook for unplugged coding activities
There are NO in-app purchases in The Foos
Is The Foos curriculum and standards based
YES! The Foos gameplay is based on curriculum from MIT and Exploring Computer Science at UCLA
Core concepts include: Pattern recognition, problem solving, sequencing, spatial visualization, algorithmic thinking, debugging, loops and conditionals
Kids also become more persistent and creative in their pursuit of solutions
Who are The Foos
The Foos are funny, happy creatures that inspire kids to create and collaborate through programming
Coding with The Foos requires visual, intuitive and imaginative input that builds critical computational thinking skills for future success
What is codeSpark
codeSpark is delivering computer science education to kids in over 170 countries by turning programming into play
The company was founded when our CEO wanted to introduce his daughters to coding and couldn’t find any resources that were girl-friendly ways to learn the ABC's of computer science