the conventional belief has always been that kids interested in coding should develop strong math skills howeverit turns out the reverse may also be truecoding can help children build math skills and make learning math more engaging and fun in the three years that casita centera magnet elementary school in southern californiahas been teaching coding with tynkerthey've seen considerable improvements in their studentsmath scoresoutperforming virtually all california schools with similar demographics jenny chienthe school' stem specialistbelieves this improvement is due to the effectiveness of their cs program when kids learn to codethey develop key skills like problem solving and practice algorithmic and computational thinking and when they learn to code with tynkerthey have fun at the same timeso they're more likely to stay engaged with the material these broad skill sets and ways of breaking down and analyzing problems translate across the curriculum and are particularly helpful when it comes to math whether kids are learning to code at school or at homeyou may just see an impact on their overall academic performancehere are few ways that coding helps kids learn math