Fun and Learning With Minecraft: Educational Tools for Minecraft Kids

When Charles first became interested in Minecraft several years ago, I thought this was just going to be another video game time waster that encouraged him to sit in front of a screen all day. As I watched game play, however, and learned more about how Minecraft worked, I could see that this had the potential to be a really educational hobby. This was confirmed in our history lessons that year when Charles asked to use Minecraft for a few of his history projects. He did some really cool things like building the Great Pyramid to scale on a Minecraft world. He also some took some online classes that were Minecraft based that year.

Right now Educents has several Mincraft based educational lessons on sale. If you have a Minecraft lover, check it out and find some educational fun.

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Nothing encourages fun learning more than connecting games to educational lessons. Here are a few opportunities for Minecraft kids to learn new skills using a game they already love:

Youth Digital’s Server Design: Learn to Code with Minecraft - Don’t just play, create! Kids ages 8 to 14 will learn the basics of one of the most popular coding languages in the world as they modify real Java code to build their own Minecraft server.

Youth Digital’s Mod Design: Learn to Code with Minecraft - This is a Java class for Minecraft kids ages 8 to 14. Youth Digital’s online tech courses provide a safe, engaging learning environment for kids to master new technology skills.

Minecraft Coding Camp - In 4 weeks of this online afterschool camp, students in 3rd to 9th grade will learn the basics of coding through their favorite game.

Learn to Mod Minecraft - LearnToMod is a browser-based software that teaches students how to mod the PC-version of Minecraft®. Great for kids ages 6 and up!! More text is going to go here here here here.

All of these programs are offered on Educents at a discount. Click HERE to start shopping for your Minecraft kid.