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🧱 Block Coding
Lesson 3 — The Repeat Block — So Much Shorter!
⏱ 15–20 minutes 💻 Web game — drag blocks to write a real program (Blockly)
💡 Block Programming — kids hit the "not enough blocks" limit and discover that the repeat block makes programs much shorter 🎂 Grades 1–3 (ages 6–9)
👨👩👧 Notes for parents
🧩 New to block coding? Read the short parent guide — no coding background needed. →Age: Grades 1–3 (ages 6–9) Duration: 15–20 minutes Format: Web game — drag blocks to write a real program (Blockly) Concept: Block Programming — kids hit the "not enough blocks" limit and discover that the repeat block makes programs much shorter
Learning Objective
Kids hit the "not enough blocks" limit and discover the repeat block — their first loop in real code.
Do It Together (Parent-Child Co-participation)
Connect it to the loops unit: the 🔁6×forward they once answered in a quiz — now they've written it as real code!