Peru · Ages 7 to 12 · MakeCode in Minecraft, live in English
Minecraft coding for kids in Peru
A child who has spent a whole afternoon placing blocks one by one is ready for the idea behind all programming: tell the computer once, and let it do the work a thousand times. Minecraft is a good place to meet that idea, because the result appears in a world the child already loves. This page explains which Minecraft is used for coding, how to find out whether your child already has access through school, what the lessons cover, and how a short logic puzzle about a lamp teaches careful thinking.
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What families in Peru need to know
Minecraft coding classes for kids in Peru, ages 7 to 12, are taught by Modern Age Coders live and online in English. Children use Minecraft Education with its built-in MakeCode editor: they snap code blocks together, command the Agent robot to build, write loops and conditions, and finish with a small mini-game of their own design. A mentor based in India watches the shared screen and asks questions rather than giving answers. Lessons run in a group of fifteen to twenty or one to one, at any hour that suits your family in Peru, and the first one is free.
Where to begin
Three courses for children who want to code in Minecraft
The Minecraft course comes first. The other two suit a child who wants several game worlds, or who needs logic and step-by-step thinking before any game at all.
Is the Minecraft my child plays the same one used for coding?
Usually not. The game most children have at home is ordinary Minecraft. Coding lessons use Minecraft Education, a separate edition with a coding tool built in. Microsoft sets out the differences on its page for parents.
Minecraft and Minecraft Education compared, in Microsoft's words (2026)
Minecraft (the home game)
Minecraft Education
Purpose
Entertainment, creativity and exploration in open-ended worlds
Learning, with a content library for school subjects including maths, science, history and coding
Licence
A one-time game licence or a subscription on a personal account
A Microsoft 365 education licence, deployed on school-managed devices
Classroom tools
None built in
Classroom management, assessment, Immersive Reader, a lesson library and Code Builder for coding in MakeCode
Who you play with
Public or private servers, often run independently
Classmates on school-managed devices, not public servers
Source: Minecraft Education, "Resources for parents and families", FAQ "Minecraft vs. Minecraft Education: What's the difference?", education.minecraft.net, read on 9 November 2026. Summarised row by row; the comparison is Microsoft's.
Why the difference matters for coding
The line that matters is the last cell of the third row: Code Builder. It opens MakeCode inside the game, so a child writes code in one window and watches it run in the world beside it. MakeCode describes itself as "a code editor to build fun mods and programs for Minecraft".
The home game has no such tool, which is why a child can play for years without ever writing code. The two editions look alike on screen, so it is worth checking which one your child is opening.
What children are spared
Minecraft Education keeps players with classmates rather than on public servers, according to the same page. In our lessons the child works in their own world, with the mentor watching the shared screen, and no outsider joins.
There is nothing to buy inside it during our course. The home game's licence terms (the EULA) say in-game currency may be bought with real money only by someone who has reached "the age of "majority" where you live", which is another reason children code in the education edition.
Access through school
Does my child already have Minecraft Education through school?
Possibly. Microsoft tells parents that a child "may already have access through their school account", and suggests checking with the school before buying anything.
How to find out
Ask the school's technology coordinator one plain question: "Does my child's school Microsoft account include Minecraft Education?" If it does, your child signs in with that school account and can use it for our classes too, subject to the school's own rules.
If the answer is no, Microsoft says "Anyone with a Microsoft 365 account can purchase and use Minecraft Education", and that homeschools, families and other organisations can buy it through its commercial offer. We help every family set it up before the first class; we do not sell licences ourselves.
What it runs on
Minecraft Education is "Available for Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPad, Android, and iOS". For our lessons a computer or an iPad works; a phone screen is too small to see the code and the world at the same time.
Microsoft also reports "Millions of educators and students use Minecraft Education in 115 countries", and it offers "over 600 standards-aligned lessons". Those lessons are written for classrooms; our course takes a different, more personal route through the same tool.
Ask the school whether the pupil Microsoft account includes Minecraft Education.
If yes, install Minecraft Education on the computer or iPad and sign in with the school account.
If no, tell us in the free class and we walk you through Microsoft's own options.
Open Code Builder once before the first lesson, so the child knows where the coding window lives.
Book an hour when the device is free and the house is quiet enough to hear the mentor.
Code Builder and the Agent
What does a child actually do when coding in Minecraft?
They give instructions to the Agent, a small robot that lives in their world. MakeCode puts it simply: "The agent is your assistant who helps you do things in Minecraft." The child plans, the Agent carries out the plan, and any mistake in the plan shows up at once as a crooked wall or a hole in the floor.
Blocks first
Every instruction is a coloured block: move forward, turn left, place, repeat. Children drag and snap them together, so a seven year old who reads short sentences can start on day one.
The Agent builds
A loop of four "move forward, place" blocks builds a wall faster than any player. Change one number and the wall is ten blocks long instead of four. That is the first moment a child sees code save effort.
Then the text
MakeCode can show the same program as JavaScript or Python. Near the end of our course children peek at the JavaScript behind their blocks and find that they already understand most of it.
MakeCode's own CS Intro course explains conditions to children with sentences from home life: "IF this, THEN that". We use the same approach, and then push it one step further with logic: what if two things are both true, or neither, or exactly one? The lesson below is built on that question.
A logic lesson
How can Minecraft coding teach logical thinking?
By making a child test every case instead of the first one that comes to mind. Here is a lesson from our decisions week. A corridor has a lamp and a lever at each end; flipping either lever should change the lamp, the way a staircase light works at home.
The first idea
Almost every child says: the lamp is on if lever A is on or lever B is on. In MakeCode that is one "or" block. They test it by flipping A: the lamp lights. They flip B instead: it lights. It seems finished.
The mentor then asks a question rather than pointing out the problem: "Walk in at one end, flip A to light the corridor. Walk to the other end and flip B to turn it off. What happens?" The lamp stays on.
Why it fails
MakeCode's own reference explains it, if you read carefully: "A or B evaluates to true if either A is true or B is true, or if both A and B are true". With both levers up, "or" still says true. The child tested two cases and forgot the third.
So we stop guessing and list every case. Two levers, each up or down, make four combinations. We rebuild the circuit in Python, where a few lines print all four rows at once.
The first idea and the fix, side by sidePython
from itertools import product
def first_try(a, b):
return a or b
def two_way(a, b):
return (a or b) and not (a and b)
print("lever A lever B first_try two_way")
for a, b in product([False, True], repeat=2):
print(f"{a!s:<8} {b!s:<8} {first_try(a, b)!s:<10} {two_way(a, b)}")
What it printsOutput
lever A lever B first_try two_way
False False False False
False True True True
True False True True
True True True False
Exact output of our run with Python 3. The two columns agree on three rows and differ on the last one, where both levers are on.
The fix reads almost like English: the lamp is on if A or B is on, and not both. MakeCode has exactly these three blocks, and, or and not, and its reference defines "not A" as "the opposite (negation) of A". Older children then let the computer check their work for them.
Let the program look for wrong rowsPython
rows = list(product([False, True], repeat=2))
wrong = [(a, b) for a, b in rows if first_try(a, b) != two_way(a, b)]
print("rows where first_try is wrong:", wrong)
print("two_way equals a != b on every row:",
all(two_way(a, b) == (a != b) for a, b in rows))
What the check printsOutput
rows where first_try is wrong: [(True, True)]
two_way equals a != b on every row: True
Exact output of our run. Only the row with both levers on was wrong, and the fixed rule turns out to be the same as asking whether the two levers are different.
The sentence we want children to keep is this: a rule is only proved when every row of the table agrees. Two levers give four rows; three levers give eight. A child who learns to count the cases before trusting a rule has learnt something that matters far beyond Minecraft, in maths, in science and in any program they write later.
Ages 7 and 8. With two paper switches and a drawn lamp, act out all four positions. Colour the lamp yellow whenever it should be on.
Ages 9 and 10. Build the corridor in Minecraft Education with two levers and a lamp, then write the "or" version in MakeCode and find the failing case yourself.
Ages 11 and 12. Add a third lever. Predict how many rows the table needs, then change the Python program to print them all.
Four months
What does a Minecraft coding course cover from start to finish?
Our Minecraft course takes about four months in two halves: code that builds, then code that plays. Each half ends with a project week.
Months 1 and 2: code that builds
First commands and meeting the Agent, then loops for building at speed and big structures. In the second month: variables that remember a number, decisions that check something before acting, and events that react when a player does something.
The project week is an auto-farm: the Agent plants, waits and harvests on its own, which means the child has to plan the whole cycle before running any of it.
Months 3 and 4: code that plays
Randomness, keeping score and timers turn builds into games, and the project week is a small arena game. In the final month children name their own functions, take the JavaScript peek, and spend two sessions building and polishing a capstone.
The course ends with a short showcase in English, to the mentor and the family: what the game does, how it was built and one bug that took the longest to find.
Peru's national curriculum, the CNEB, includes in its science and technology area the competency "Diseña y construye soluciones tecnológicas para resolver problemas" (designs and builds technological solutions to solve problems). Our course is not part of any school programme, but the habit it practises, planning a solution and testing it until it works, is the one that competency describes.
Age and next steps
What age is right for Minecraft coding, and what comes after?
Seven is a good start, provided the child reads short sentences. Our course runs to twelve. MINEDU places a child of 7 in 2nd grade of primaria and a child of 11 in 6th grade, by their age on 31 March.
Who starts where
At 7 and 8, blocks and the Agent are enough: the child plans a build, drags the blocks and watches the result. At 9 and 10 the logic lessons and score-keeping games come into their own. At 11 and 12 a child is often ready to read the JavaScript and start typing short programs.
INEI's 2026 household survey found that 68.2% of Peruvian children aged 6 to 11 used the internet in the second quarter of the year. Many of them play Minecraft; far fewer have ever opened the code behind a world.
After Minecraft
Most children move on to typed Python, where the logic from this course carries straight over. Our Python for kids in Peru page describes the first year. Others go to Roblox Studio for bigger games, or to Scratch first if they are still very young.
Will my child learn to think, or just follow tutorials?
Think. Tutorials show one path through a problem; our mentors ask the child to plan the path, predict what the Agent will do and explain any difference.
Plan on paper first
Before a big build the child sketches it and counts the blocks. The lamp puzzle starts the same way, with a table drawn by hand.
AI with care
Microsoft offers AI-themed worlds and a CyberSafe series about using "AI tools responsibly". Children here learn how AI behaves, never through adult chatbot accounts: Claude requires users to be 18, and ChatGPT needs a parent's permission under 18.
Same quality anywhere
A child in Lima, Chiclayo or Cajamarca has the same mentors and the same course. Only the time on the clock changes.
English is part of the thinking too. Each block in MakeCode is a short English phrase, and children are asked to read their program aloud as a sentence. "Repeat four times: move forward, place" is a plan, a piece of code and a piece of English all at once.
Peru time
When can my child take Minecraft classes from Peru?
At an hour you choose. Peru keeps UTC minus 5 all year and India UTC plus 5:30, so India is always ten and a half hours ahead. These rows convert a few Peru hours; they are examples, not a timetable.
Peru hours and the same moment in India (examples only)
Peru time
India time
A moment that suits some families
08:00
18:30
A holiday morning in January or February
10:30
21:00
Saturday mid-morning
14:30
01:00, next day
After lunch on a school day
17:00
03:30, next day
Once homework is finished
20:30
07:00, next day
Later evening for older children
Time rules: IANA time zone database (America/Lima, UTC minus 5, no summer time; Asia/Kolkata, UTC plus 5:30). Conversions calculated by us.
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Fees
Fees for Minecraft classes from Peru
Fees are set in US dollars and taken by card each month. The soles amount depends on your bank's exchange rate when it processes the payment, so it may vary slightly.
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Questions from Peru
Minecraft coding for kids: what parents in Peru ask
Are the classes in Spanish?
No. Our classes are live, online and in English only. The mentor speaks clearly and at your child's pace, adapts to their accent, and names each MakeCode block aloud while pointing to it, so a child still building their English can follow. Some of our Peru pages are written in Spanish for parents, but teaching is always in English.
Do we need to buy Minecraft Education?
Check with your child's school first. Microsoft says a child may already have access through a school Microsoft account. If not, Microsoft states that anyone with a Microsoft 365 account can purchase and use it, and families and homeschools can buy it through its commercial offer. We help set it up but do not sell licences.
Can my child use the Minecraft we already have at home?
Not for our course. The home game has no built-in coding tool. Minecraft Education includes Code Builder, which opens the MakeCode editor inside the game, and that is what the lessons use.
What age is Minecraft coding for?
Our course is for ages 7 to 12. A seven year old who reads short sentences can drag blocks and command the Agent. Older children in the course also read and change the JavaScript behind their blocks.
What device does my child need?
A computer or an iPad. Microsoft lists Minecraft Education for Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPad, Android and iOS, but a phone screen is too small to see the code and the world together. A headset with a microphone makes the class much easier to hear.
Does Minecraft coding teach real programming?
Yes. Loops, variables, conditions, logic, events and functions are the same ideas used in Python or JavaScript. MakeCode can show a child's blocks as JavaScript or Python, and near the end of the course children read the JavaScript of their own programs.
What time are the classes in Peru?
Any day, any time, flexible: choose a batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at the hour that suits your family. India runs ten and a half hours ahead of Peru all year, so 17:00 in Peru is 03:30 the next morning in India.
Is a group or one to one better for Minecraft?
A group of fifteen to twenty children of similar age is lively and lets children borrow ideas from one another. One to one suits a child who is shy, younger than the group, very new to English or racing ahead. Families can switch after a month.
Will my child play with strangers online?
No. In our lessons the child works in their own world, with only the mentor watching the shared screen. Microsoft describes Minecraft Education as played with classmates on school-managed devices rather than public servers.
Are you linked with Microsoft, MINEDU or a school?
No. Modern Age Coders is an independent online school with no tie to Microsoft, Mojang, MINEDU or any Peruvian school. We award no Peruvian grades; children who finish receive a completion certificate issued by us.
In the trial lesson your child opens Code Builder with a mentor, sends the Agent on its first short journey and builds a small wall with a loop. Watching that, the mentor gets a feel for how your child plans and how much spoken English they follow, and then suggests a course, a group or private lessons, and a time.
All teaching is live video from India, and only in English. A WhatsApp message in English gets the quickest reply.
Want a class sooner? Book a priority demo
A priority demo is a full class of about 45 to 60 minutes. After the class the mentor sends a written skill report and a personal learning roadmap on WhatsApp. If you enrol, the demo fee is adjusted against your first month's fee. Share your demo Order ID with us on WhatsApp and we take it off.
