Playful CS for Girl Scout Juniors

photo of playful cs workshop

I launched two CS workshops for young girls in fourth and fifth grade as part of a larger Girl Scouts of America initiative. These workshops embrace playfulness as a fundamental design constraint to ensure an early positive association with STEM concepts. Students are exposed to basic coding skills through simple robots that are programmed to play games. Survey results show that these workshops lead to a stronger interest in CS for the participants.