Puppy Code

PuppyCode teaches children how programming works by giving them one simple job: help a puppy fetch a ball. A ball is somewhere in the garden. The puppy will fetch it, but only if you tell it exactly how to get there. Build a plan one step at a time. Press Run, and the puppy follows your instructions exactly. If the plan does not work, change it and try again. That is programming. PuppyCode takes that one idea and builds on it slowly, from tapping arrows to writing code. The Road from Arrows to Code There are 27 gardens. Each one adds one small new idea. Gardens 1–12 Children tap arrow buttons and put steps in the right order. The first gardens do not require reading. Pictures carry the meaning. Gardens 13–15 The same instructions are now shown as words instead of arrows. Children press the words rather than having to type them. This creates a small bridge between visual instructions and…