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Friday
Joven Palma, 13, listens to instructions for taking part in the international Hour of Code project last year. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Thursday
At Stanford University's Bing Nursery School in Palo Alto, Calif., blocks play a significant role in helping children to think creatively, solve problems and think like young mathematicians. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption
Thursday
A brain at play. Xaver Xylophon/NPR hide caption
Friday
Hey, this baby defragged my hard drive! Silly photo aside, coding for young ones is on the rise. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc./Corbis hide caption
Tuesday
A boy paints the railings of a wooden fort at the Berkeley Adventure Playground. Nails, hammers and buckets of paint are just part of the fun. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Mindy Przeor founded an after-school and summer running club in Mesa, Ariz. Jason Millstein for NPR hide caption
A Phys Ed Teacher Battles Tight Budgets And Childhood Obesity
Monday
"What makes a game fun is not that it's easy," says Greg Toppo, "but that it's hard." Smcgee/Flickr hide caption
Tuesday
Tuesday
Romy Vasquez leads the boys in drills ahead of an upcoming Eagle Scout ceremony. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption