The Kids Are Coding
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Weekly lessons on WhatsApp

Your child learns to code. On WhatsApp.

Every Monday, a complete coding lesson arrives in your WhatsApp. Your child builds real projects at their own pace — and a real person personally reviews every single piece of work they send back.

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  • No laptop needed for two of our three programmes
  • Personal written feedback from the founder, every week
  • Month-to-month — no contracts, no live class times
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Most coding classes need a laptop, a fixed weekly time slot, and an app to install. Not every family has all three.

We built The Kids Are Coding around the one thing almost every family already has — WhatsApp.

How it works

One lesson a week. One real person reading every reply.

No app to install, no portal logins, no live classes to schedule around. The whole programme runs inside a WhatsApp chat you already know how to use.

Start this Monday
  1. Monday

    The lesson lands in your WhatsApp

    A complete PDF lesson, written specifically for your child's level and track. Everything they need is inside — no separate app, no login, no download links.

  2. During the week

    They build at their own pace

    Evenings, weekends, whatever suits your family. There's no live class to miss and no pressure to finish in one sitting.

  3. Friday

    They send their work back

    A few photos of the completed work, sent over the same chat. No uploading to a portal, no separate account.

  4. Before next Monday

    William writes back — personally

    Real, specific feedback on exactly what your child built. Not an automated score, not a badge — a real person who wants to see them improve.

The coding journey

From curious beginner to future software engineer.

This isn't a once-off course. It's a path — and every stage unlocks the next.

  1. Curious Beginner

    Every coder starts here. All they need is curiosity — and WhatsApp.

    🎉 First Lesson Complete

  2. Little Coders

    Ages 5–9 learn sequences, patterns and logic through stories and play.

    💡 Problem Solver

  3. Scratch

    Level 1 of the Full Programme — real games built with visual code blocks.

    🚀 Scratch Explorer

  4. Python

    Level 2 — the same language used at Google, NASA and Netflix.

    🐍 Python Explorer

  5. Web Development

    Level 3 — HTML, CSS and JavaScript, ending with a website that's live on the internet.

    🌍 Website Builder

  6. Portfolio

    Real projects they can show anyone: games, programs and a published site.

    ⭐ Coding Champion

  7. Future Software Engineer

    A genuine head start — skills, confidence and a certificate to prove it.

    🏆 Certificate of Achievement
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The programmes

Pick the track that fits your family.

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Little Coders Track — a tablet on a child's desk showing a friendly robot and colourful shape-sequence activity
Ages 5–9 Tablet or phone

Little Coders Track

A joyful first step into coding. Stories, hands-on activities and simple challenges that build real computational thinking — long before they ever type a line of code.

R750/month

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⭐ Flagship Full Coding Programme — hands typing on a laptop with a real Python code editor open on screen
Ages 10–17 & adults Laptop required

Full Coding Programme

Our flagship, hands-on programme across three 12-week levels — from visual block-coding to real Python to a live published website.

Scratch Python Live website

R1,000/month

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Theory Track — a phone displaying a lesson titled 'How the Internet Works' with a network diagram
Ages 10–17 & adults Phone only

Theory Track

A genuine computer science foundation — how computers think, the internet, cybersecurity and AI — built entirely around a phone. No laptop needed.

R500/month

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All programmes run in structured 12-week levels, fully month-to-month with no lock-in contract. Two weeks' notice to cancel, family discounts for multiple children, and a Certificate of Achievement on completing all three levels.

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Curriculum

See exactly what your child will learn.

No mystery curriculum — here's every week, track by track.

Little Coders Track

12 weeks per level
  1. W01Hello, Computer!What computers are, input & output, code
  2. W02Giving InstructionsAlgorithms and step-by-step thinking
  3. W03SequencesOrder matters: first, next, then, last
  4. W04PatternsSpotting, predicting and creating patterns
  5. W05LoopsRepeating instructions, loops in life and games
  6. W06If... ThenDecisions, conditions, making choices
  7. W07DebuggingFinding and fixing mistakes with confidence
  8. W08Secret Codes & SymbolsSymbols, decoding, an intro to binary
  9. W09The InternetHow messages travel, Wi-Fi, packets
  10. W10Online SafetyStaying safe and kind online
  11. W11Robots & AIHow sensors work, how AI learns from examples
  12. W12CelebrationGrand quiz, game design, final project

What students build

They won't just understand code. They'll have built it.

Every project below is the kind of work students create — and submit over WhatsApp — as they move through the levels.

🐱 🏁

Maze Escape Game

A playable maze game where a sprite navigates walls, traps and a timer to reach the finish flag.

SCRATCH
Level 1
A real Level 2 Python calculator program in a code editor beside its printed output

Python Calculator

A working calculator written by a real student — sum, difference, product and quotient, all printed from their own code.

PYTHON
Level 2 · Real student work 
# guess the number!
secret = randint(1, 100)
guess = int(input("Your guess: "))
while guess != secret:
    print("Too high!" if guess > secret
          else "Too low!")
>> You got it in 6 tries! 🎉

Number Guessing Game

The computer picks a secret number — the player hunts it down with "higher / lower" clues and a try counter.

PYTHON
Level 2
Q3. What does a loop do? 🤔

Quiz Game App

Multiple-choice questions, a running score, and a victory screen — built with lists, loops and functions.

PYTHON
Level 2
Hi, I'm Zanele! 👋

Personal Website

A real website — designed, coded and published live on the internet for family anywhere in the world to visit.

HTML+CSS JS
Level 3
24°C
Durban, ZA

Weather App

A little interactive forecast app — layouts, styling and JavaScript logic working together on one page.

HTML+CSS JS
Level 3
🏆 First Lesson Complete 🚀 Scratch Explorer 🐍 Python Explorer 🌍 Website Builder 🔥 10-Week Streak — just some of the achievements students unlock along the way.

What families say

Straight from the WhatsApp chats.

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Nokuthula M.
Mom of Sipho, 11 · Full Coding Programme
★★★★★
Sipho waits for Monday mornings now. He showed his cousins the game he built and told them "I coded this myself." The feedback William sends is so personal — you can tell he actually reads every line. 09:14
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Liam, 13
Student · Level 2 Python
★★★★★
I made a quiz game and my whole family played it at dinner 😂 python looked scary at first but the lessons explain everything step by step. coolest thing I've ever built. 17:52
RP
Rashida P.
Mom of Aaliyah, 7 · Little Coders
★★★★★
We don't have a laptop and I thought that meant coding was out of reach. Aaliyah does everything on my phone and she's genuinely learning — she explained "debugging" to her granny this weekend. 🥹 19:30

Family names shortened for privacy.

William, founder of The Kids Are Coding — portrait photo captioned with his name, 'Founder' and 'Software Engineer' Mark Week 5 submissions ✓ Lesson idea: build a game! 🎮

Meet the founder

"This isn't an app grading your child with a badge — it's a real person who wants to see them improve, week after week."

I'm William, a Software Engineering student, and I started The Kids Are Coding because I believe every child deserves a real chance to learn to code — whether their family has a laptop or just a smartphone. I write every single lesson myself, and I personally read and respond to every piece of work a student submits. I built this programme around what I wished existed when I was learning to code: something accessible, honest, and genuinely taught by a real person.

William Du Plooy Founder · Software Engineering student, Durban

Verify me: LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

▶ The Monday Message From a WhatsApp ping to a working project — this is what every week feels like.

For schools & centres

Bring coding to your whole school or centre.

We partner with schools, ECD centres and aftercare programmes to bring coding to every learner at once — without the admin of managing dozens of individual enrolments. One flat monthly rate covers your whole centre. You set your own rate for parents and keep the difference as income. We handle the content, the feedback, and the curriculum — your team just runs the sessions.

Enquire about a partnership

Currently partnered with aftercare and ECD centres across KwaZulu-Natal.

1flat monthly rate per centre
0per-learner admin
100%of your parent-fee margin stays yours
  1. 1.We agree a flat monthly rate for your centre
  2. 2.Weekly age-grouped lesson PDFs sent to your WhatsApp
  3. 3.Your team sends photos of completed work — we handle all feedback

The lab

What we're building next.

New tracks are in development. Join a waiting list and be first to know when one launches.

Roblox Game Development

Design and script real Roblox experiences friends can actually play.

In development

Minecraft Modding

Turn the world's favourite game into a coding classroom with custom mods.

In development

AI for Kids

How AI really works — and how to build with it safely and creatively.

In development

Mobile App Development

From idea to a working app on a real phone's home screen.

In development

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Pricing at a glance

Simple monthly pricing. No contracts.

Theory Track

Ages 10–17 & adults · Phone only

R500/month
  • Weekly lesson on WhatsApp
  • Personal feedback every week
  • Certificate on completion
Enrol on Theory Track
Flagship

Full Coding Programme

Ages 10–17 & adults · Laptop required

R1,000/month
  • Scratch → Python → live website
  • Weekly lesson on WhatsApp
  • Personal feedback every week
  • Certificate on completion
Enrol on Full Programme

Little Coders Track

Ages 5–9 · Tablet or phone

R750/month
  • Weekly lesson on WhatsApp
  • Personal feedback every week
  • Certificate on completion
Enrol on Little Coders

Month-to-month, two weeks' notice to cancel, family discounts for multiple children. Pay by EFT — payment details here. PayJustNow and more payment options are on the way.

Help centre

Questions parents actually ask.

Search, browse by topic, or just message us — a real person replies.

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Completely fair question! I'm William, a real Software Engineering student based in Durban. You're welcome to verify me on LinkedIn or Facebook before enrolling, and I'm happy to have a phone call if that helps put your mind at ease.

No — the lesson lands on Monday and your child works through it whenever suits your family that week. There are no live classes to schedule around.

Only for the Full Coding Programme. Both the Theory Track and Little Coders Track work entirely on a phone or tablet. Not sure which fits? Try the Programme Finder.

Little Coders starts from age 5. For the Full Coding Programme and Theory Track, most students start comfortably from age 10, though motivated younger students can sometimes start earlier — just ask.

There's no fixed pace to keep up with — lessons are self-paced within the week, and if a topic needs more time, that's completely fine. William's feedback is there specifically to help with exactly that.

No problem — it's completely month-to-month with no long-term contract. Just two weeks' notice via WhatsApp.

Absolutely — we have adult students on both the Theory Track and Full Coding Programme, including some working toward a career change into software development or cybersecurity.

Yes — students who complete all three levels receive a Certificate of Achievement from The Kids Are Coding.

We offer family discounts for multiple children enrolled together — just mention it when you get in touch.

Yes — see our Schools & Centres section above, or message us on WhatsApp to talk through a partnership for your school, ECD centre or aftercare programme.

Currently via direct EFT to our Capitec account — full details are on our payment page. PayJustNow instalments and more options are coming soon.

No matches — try a different word, or ask us directly on WhatsApp.

The best time to start was last year. The second best time is this Monday.

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