Kids Coding: Basic HTML | Header Tags

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Please click here to read our previous HTML tutorial (setting up an HTML document and inserting a paragraph). In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add a title to a paragraph.

Normally, when you make a paragraph, you need to add a tittle or a subtitle. To do that, you can insert a header tag. There are 6 types of header tags. They are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags. <h1> defines the most important header while <h6> defines the least important header. Please see picture below for details.  Continue reading

Kids Coding: Basic HTML | Setting up an HTML Document

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Previously my son learned coding via code.org but he got stuck on stage three because it was a bit complicated. And then I decided to teach him about basic HTML instead.

HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. You can also learn basic html from http://www.w3schools.com/html/DEFAULT.asp or you can practice straightaway via www.jsbin.com. So far he has learnt how to create an html document, make a paragraph (text), modify the paragraph using different type of tags. Ok lets start coding. Continue reading

Coding: Stage 1, Introduction to Computer Science | code.org

coding ruAssalamu’alaikum,

If you are looking for a free resource for teaching/learning computer sciences, code.org is a great resource to start!

You can learn to write your first computer program with drag and drop programming. Learn repeat loops, conditionals and basic algorithms. Suitable for ages 6-106 for modern browsers, smartphones and tablets.

Code.org provides teacher lesson plans, activities/worksheets and video turtorials to help you to accomplish the tasks.

Below are the Lessons/Stages of the Hour of Code: Continue reading