App Making for Kids
The family phone becomes the launch device: real apps designed and built by the child, installed and used at home, in six honest months.
Syllabus updated August 2026
Recordings are free with a Google sign-in. These recordings show how we teach, not the exact syllabus of this course.
How long this course takes
This course runs 6-8 months (26-32 weeks) at 2 live classes/week + 2-3 hours practice. The range allows for background and pace: a complete beginner uses the full span, and a student with prior knowledge finishes sooner. The syllabus below is planned to the shorter end, with margin kept for revision.
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At a glance
- Who it is for
- Complete beginner, ages 8 to 12.
- Prerequisites
- None. Visual blocks make the start joyful
- Format
- Live, interactive classes with a real instructor, never pre-recorded videos. Live classes run about one hour.
- Language
- English or Hindi, depending on the batch.
- Duration
- 6-8 months (26-32 weeks)
- Weekly commitment
- 2 live classes/week + 2-3 hours practice
- Class size
- Group batches of 5 to 10 students, mini batches of 3 to 4, or 1-on-1.
- Certificate
- Certificate from Modern Age Coders, awarded on passing the final exam
- Watch first
- Free recordings of real classes for ages 6 to 12, free with a Google sign-in. These recordings show how we teach, not the exact syllabus of this course.
- Live demo
- Optional. Enroll directly on this page, or book a free live demo if you would like to meet a mentor first.
How we teach
Deep understanding. Real projects. Expert guidance.
Learn coding, AI and maths through careful explanations, practical demonstrations, and hands-on problem-solving. Our instructors guide you from the foundations to advanced ideas, helping you understand what happens, why it happens, and how to build it yourself.
You will explore concepts step by step, write and improve code, investigate mistakes, ask questions, and apply your knowledge to meaningful projects. Lessons are designed around active participation, thoughtful feedback, and growing independence.
Expert-led live teaching, with practical participation built into every lesson.
- Students explain their thinking.
- Instructors demonstrate, then guide practice.
- Learners code, solve, or build during lessons.
- Questions and misconceptions get attention.
- Assignments receive useful feedback.
- Progress is checked before advancing.
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Program Overview
Few moments beat a child opening an app on a real phone and saying "I made this". This live online course delivers that moment repeatedly for ages 8 to 12: visual programming logic learned through play, then real mobile apps built with block-based tools, screens designed on paper first, logic snapped together, data saved, and every build installed on the family phone for genuine daily use.
The course keeps its promises honest: no app-store publishing pressure, no monetization talk for children, just skill and delight. Apps are shared safely with family through test links, and the course ends with a capstone, an app for the family, planned, built, tested by a real user and presented at demo day.
Six months at two live classes a week plus two to three hours of playful practice, with two more months in hand when needed. Homework after every class, a mixed challenge every month, and a final exam, capstone demo plus a friendly viva, that decides the certificate with a free retest. Real apps, real users, real pride.
What Makes This Program Different
- Apps land on real phones: every month ends with something installed and used at home
- Design before blocks: children sketch screens on paper like real product designers
- No store pressure, no money talk: skill and joy are the whole syllabus at this age
- Family as users: testing with real people is taught as the heart of app making
- An honest 6-month arc with 2 months in hand
- Real assessment, gently done: monthly mixed challenges and a final capstone exam with a free retest
Your Learning Journey
Career Progression
Detailed Course Curriculum
Explore the complete week-by-week breakdown of what you'll learn in this comprehensive program.
Topics Covered
- What is block-based programming?
- Why learn visual coding first?
- Introduction to Scratch interface
- Understanding sprites and stages
- Motion blocks: move, turn, go to, glide
- Looks blocks: say, think, show, hide, change costume
- Sound blocks: play sound, volume, tempo
- Events: when flag clicked, when key pressed
- Creating your first animation
- Saving and sharing projects
- Scratch community and remixing
- Basic debugging with blocks
Projects You Build
- Animated greeting card
- Interactive story with characters
- Simple animation sequence
- Musical instrument app
Practice & Assignments
Daily: Create one Scratch animation, explore 5 community projects
Topics Covered
- Variables: creating and using data storage
- Lists (arrays) in block coding
- Control blocks: forever, repeat, if-then
- If-then-else decision making
- Operators: math operations with blocks
- Comparison operators: greater than, less than, equals
- Logical operators: and, or, not
- Random numbers and probability
- Creating custom blocks (functions)
- Parameters in custom blocks
- Clone sprites for multiple objects
- Broadcasting messages between sprites
Projects You Build
- Calculator with visual blocks
- Quiz game with scoring
- Number guessing game
- Drawing app with controls
Practice & Assignments
Solve 20 logic puzzles using block programming
Assessment
Month 1 check: a small build or challenge live, plus a fun take-home mixing everything so far
Topics Covered
- Game design principles
- Player movement and controls
- Collision detection with blocks
- Score keeping and lives system
- Timer and countdown features
- Power-ups and bonuses
- Level progression design
- Game states: start, play, game over
- Sound effects and background music
- Particle effects with clones
- Saving high scores with cloud variables
- Multiplayer basics with cloud data
Projects You Build
- Maze navigation game
- Platformer game with jumping
- Space shooter with enemies
- Puzzle game with levels
Practice & Assignments
Create 5 different game mechanics
Topics Covered
- MIT App Inventor interface tour
- Designer vs Blocks view
- Screen components and properties
- Basic UI elements: buttons, labels, textboxes
- Layout components: arrangements, tables
- Connecting blocks to components
- Event handlers in App Inventor
- Testing apps with companion app
- Building APK files
- Screen navigation and multiple screens
- Basic app architecture
- Debugging techniques
Projects You Build
- Hello World mobile app
- Personal information form
- Multi-screen navigation app
- Simple calculator for phones
Practice & Assignments
Build 10 basic mobile app interfaces
Assessment
Month 2 check: a live challenge with questions reaching back to month 1
Topics Covered
- Thunkable vs MIT App Inventor
- Cross-platform development (iOS & Android)
- Thunkable interface and components
- Advanced UI components in Thunkable
- Data viewers: list and grid views
- Tab navigator and drawer navigator
- Working with images and media
- Responsive design for different screens
- Live testing on devices
- Thunkable live app for testing
- Component styling and themes
- Custom colors and fonts
Projects You Build
- Photo gallery app
- Note-taking application
- To-do list with categories
- Recipe book app
Practice & Assignments
Create 5 different app layouts in Thunkable
Topics Covered
- Camera component and photo capture
- Image picker from gallery
- Sound recorder and playback
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Speech recognition basics
- Location sensor and GPS
- Maps component integration
- Accelerometer for motion detection
- Gyroscope and orientation
- Vibration and haptic feedback
- QR code and barcode scanning
- Share functionality
Projects You Build
- Camera app with filters
- Voice recorder with playback
- Location-based reminder app
- QR code scanner utility
Practice & Assignments
Integrate 10 different device features
Topics Covered
- Local storage with TinyDB
- Storing and retrieving data
- Lists and data structures
- Cloud variables for online storage
- Firebase realtime database basics
- Authentication with Firebase
- User accounts and profiles
- Storing user preferences
- Offline functionality
- Data synchronization
- Backup and restore features
- CSV file handling
Projects You Build
- Diary app with local storage
- Expense tracker with categories
- Habit tracker with statistics
- Cloud-based notes app
Practice & Assignments
Implement storage in 5 different app types
Topics Covered
- Animation blocks and transitions
- Timer-based animations
- Gesture recognition: swipe, pinch
- Custom components creation
- Reusable component blocks
- Advanced list viewers with templates
- Charts and data visualization
- Loading screens and progress bars
- Error handling and user feedback
- Accessibility features
- Multi-language support basics
- App theming and customization
Projects You Build
- Animated story app
- Dashboard with charts
- Gesture-controlled game
- Customizable theme app
Practice & Assignments
Create 10 custom UI components
Topics Covered
- Review of mobile app concepts
- Best practices recap
- Code organization with blocks
- Performance optimization
- Testing strategies
Projects You Build
- CAPSTONE: Complete mobile app with all features
- Social media profile app
- Educational quiz app with levels
- Fitness tracking application
Assessment
Mid-course check: a showcase build plus a mixed challenge spanning months 1-4
Topics Covered
- What are APIs? Understanding web services
- Web API component in block platforms
- Making GET requests with blocks
- POST requests for sending data
- Working with JSON responses
- Parsing API data with blocks
- Weather API integration
- News API for content
- Translation API usage
- Image recognition APIs
- Error handling for API calls
- API keys and security
Projects You Build
- Weather forecast app
- News reader application
- Language translator app
- Movie database browser
Practice & Assignments
Integrate 10 different public APIs
Topics Covered
- Physics simulation with blocks
- Sprite collision advanced techniques
- Particle systems for effects
- Leaderboards and achievements
- In-app currency systems
- Power-up and upgrade systems
- Enemy AI with blocks
- Procedural level generation
- Save game progress
- Multiplayer concepts
- Game balancing and testing
- Sound design for games
Projects You Build
- Physics puzzle game
- RPG with inventory system
- Endless runner with upgrades
- Multiplayer quiz game
Practice & Assignments
Develop 5 complete games with different mechanics
Topics Covered
- Introduction to AI in block coding
- Image classification with blocks
- Face detection and recognition
- Emotion detection from images
- Text sentiment analysis
- Chatbot creation with blocks
- Voice commands and control
- Teachable Machine integration
- Custom AI models with blocks
- Personal AI assistant app
- Computer vision applications
- Natural language processing basics
Projects You Build
- AI photo classifier app
- Emotion detection camera
- Chatbot assistant app
- Voice-controlled smart app
Practice & Assignments
Create 5 AI-powered applications
Topics Covered
- Internet of Things concepts
- Bluetooth connectivity blocks
- Connecting to Arduino with blocks
- micro:bit integration
- Controlling LEDs and motors
- Reading sensor data
- Home automation apps
- Robot control applications
- Wearable device apps
- MQTT protocol basics
- Cloud IoT platforms
- Real-time data monitoring
Projects You Build
- Smart home controller app
- Robot remote control
- Plant watering system app
- Fitness band companion app
Practice & Assignments
Build 5 IoT-connected applications
Topics Covered
- App store guidelines and policies
- Preparing apps for publication
- Creating app icons and screenshots
- Writing app descriptions
- Google Play Console setup
- iOS App Store submission
- Analytics and user tracking
- App updates and versioning
- Marketing your apps
- Building an app portfolio
Projects You Build
- THE CAPSTONE: an app for the family, a chore chart, pet log, quiz or the child’s own idea, installed on a real phone and presented at demo day
Assessment
FINAL EXAM: capstone demo plus a friendly viva and a mixed quiz from the whole course. Passing earns the certificate; a child who falls short gets focused revision and a free retest
Projects You'll Build
Build a professional portfolio with 15+ working apps, crowned by a family-app capstone on a real phone real-world projects.
Weekly Learning Structure
Certification & Recognition
Technologies & Skills You'll Master
Comprehensive coverage of the entire modern web development stack.
Support & Resources
Career Outcomes & Opportunities
Transform your career with industry-ready skills and job placement support.
Prerequisites
Who Is This Course For?
Career Paths After Completion
Course Guarantees
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What families say
Straight from the parents and students who learn with us. Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews.
“Mivaan enjoys the class. He understands the concepts and completes his tasks with excitement. He started taking interest in coding… truly amazing class.”
“I absolutely love it here! I made new friends and learned important valuable coding skills while having the fun of my life. It's not just coding here, it's outings, bonding and most importantly preparing you for your future. Definitely five stars.”
“What stands out most is how excited my son is before every class. He looks forward to learning, problem-solving, and sharing what he's built. I've noticed a big boost in his confidence!”
“Modern Age Coders has been a game-changer for me! I struggled to grasp IT concepts and coding before joining, but their classes transformed everything. I'm now the topper in my class and can confidently write complex programs with ease.”
“Modern Age Coder have wonderful teachers who teach in a clear, easy and practical way. The teacher boosts students' confidence, keeps them updated with technology, and inspires them to learn without hesitation.”
“The one step solution for my son. Modern Age Coders make learning coding so simple that kids love it.”
“Coding classes here make learning very interesting and conceptual. The teachers teach us in a very easy-to-understand and efficient manner.”
“One of the most wonderful education centres out there. Education is not limited to school syllabus but focuses on skill development. Learning here has been a wonderful journey and still continuing.”
“I highly recommend this computer coding class! The teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about coding. They make every session engaging and insightful.”
“My child Dhairya is really enjoying the Modern Age Coder IT classes. This is his first online class, and he eagerly looks forward to it.”
“Very good classes. Don't worry about coding. They teach the best, especially Shivam sir.”
“Very good classes. Makes learning very easy and interactive.”
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Straight answers about App Making for Kids: Build Real Apps with Blocks
- Who should take this course?
- Complete beginner, ages 8 to 12. It suits children who keep saying "someone should make an app for that"; kids with zero coding background: blocks carry them; children from scratch who want their creations on a phone.
- What will they learn and build?
- Few moments beat a child opening an app on a real phone and saying "I made this". This live online course delivers that moment repeatedly for ages 8 to 12: visual programming logic learned through play, then real mobile apps built with block-based tools, screens designed on paper first, logic snapped together, data saved, and every build installed on the family phone for genuine daily use.
- How deeply are topics covered?
- The course runs 6-8 months (26-32 weeks) at 2 live classes/week + 2-3 hours practice, across 1 phases listed week by week in the syllabus below. A structured, well-paced curriculum taught step by step, with classwork in every session and homework after every class.
- Who teaches it?
- Modern Age Coders mentors, who teach the live classes themselves. You can watch them at work in the free class recordings before you decide.
- How do practice, feedback and assessment work?
- Mixed challenges after every month and a final exam that decides the certificate: real skills, really tested. Doubt support between classes over WhatsApp, so you are never left stuck. A certificate your child earns by passing the final exam, with a free retest after revision if needed.
- What does it cost?
- Three monthly plans: a group batch, a mini batch and 1-on-1. Prices are shown in your currency in the plans section. Monthly billing, cancel any time.
- When can classes take place?
- Live classes are scheduled around your week. Group batches meet at a fixed weekly slot; 1-on-1 students choose their own. International students are scheduled in their own timezone. Ask on WhatsApp for the current slots.
- Can I watch the teaching before deciding?
- Yes. Full recordings of real 6 to 12 classes are free to watch, free with a Google sign-in. These recordings show how we teach, not the exact syllabus of this course. Some classes are in English and some in Hindi; everyone follows at their own pace. Watch a class end to end, like you are in it. Sessions are interactive and each moment builds on the last.
- Can I enroll without a live demo?
- Yes. Choose a plan on this page and enroll directly; a booking or a demo is not required. A free live demo is optional, for anyone who wants to meet a mentor first. Outside India, our team confirms the plan and completes payment with you over WhatsApp, so allow a little time for that step.
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