We’re here to support teachers, parents and anyone who loves computer science with our variety of ‘unplugged’ playful computing* activities that use everyday household objects, so grab the playdough and dust off that jigsaw! 

*Unplugged computing is the collective noun given to activities that are designed to teach computational thinking skills, computing concepts, procedures and processes without the use of any digital technology. For example, activities may make use of resources such as playing cards, string and playdough. 

Here at Digital Schoolhouse, our aim is to engage young people with ingenious, out-of-the-box computing and as classrooms begin to close there is no reason why you can’t occupy curious minds, at home, with these simple educational activities.   

You may notice that some of the language within these activities is tailored towards teachers, however they really are accessible for parents to replicate at home too - the Ukie team have long been our guinea pigs! 

So, while away some time by teaching your littluns key computational thinking concepts, in addition to exploring different subjects from English to Physics. Discover 10 unplugged activities to teach computing at home here.