Children do not learn to code by learning about coding. They learn by building something small, showing it to someone, and wanting to build a bigger one.
Most parents ask whether their child is old enough for coding. The better question is whether they are ready, and readiness shows up in everyday behaviour long before a keyboard.
Ask ten people when a child should start coding and you will get ten answers. Here is the honest version, broken down by what a child can handle at each stage.
A month by month look at what a 7 year old can genuinely build in three months of coding classes, and what they are really learning underneath the projects.
Most children can begin coding between the ages of 5 and 7 using drag and drop blocks, with typed languages such as Python making sense from around age 10.
