kids who use tynker see how math is inherently creative -year-old jacob myersa big math buff who regularly competes in math contestsuses tynker to make math art with spirals and triangleskids can also complete activities like pattern maker and spin draw to learn how to create art with coding and math coding teaches problem-solving skills coding is real-world way to teach mathematical thinking when students create or debug programthey practice solving problems math teachers find that tynker' beginning lessons are great way to teach pattern identification as well teachers can assign activities like multiplication escape or analog clock and encourage students to find solutions with math coding makes math more fun "my kids ask to program with tynker because they enjoy it,says jennifer apythe parent of -year-oldan -year-oldand an -year-old "without realizing itmy kids are identifying attributes and grouping variablesapplying conditional logicdeveloping algorithmic functionsand calculating angles within geometric shapes but most of allthey are patiently articulating hypotheses to solve problemsand boldly applying trial-and-error experimentationstrategies required by any field of study and this is in addition to some of the coding that requires real math to correctly calculate wait timesset score counterscalculate pointsand time interactions between characters in their games "if kids realize they are using math when programming tynker games,apy says"it could actually build their confidence with math and show them that mathematical thinking can be cool math is coolwhat could be better than that