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<p>Stories play a significant role in building language skills in early childhood classroom settings. They encourage sequencing, representation, and pattern recognition. While these skills boost children’s language, they can also support the development of computational thinking (CT) skills. This paper will explore how picture books can be used to develop CT skills through unplugged (screen free) and plugged coding activities. By connecting stories to coding activities, teachers can help children see that coding is not something that happens with computers; it’s part of the way children already think and express themselves as they learn. CT can grow out of reading, storytelling, play and the natural way children investigate their world. This paper provides a framework for what CT looks like in early childhood and how children develop it. Then, we provide activities for unplugged coding and plugged coding using Ozobots, with picture books as the thread that connects children’s CT and coding.</p>

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From Picturebook to Code: Where Stories Meet Computational Thinking in Early Childhood

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    2026年4月16日

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  • Amber Beisly,
  • Darshani Abeyrathna Herath Mudiyanselag

摘要

Stories play a significant role in building language skills in early childhood classroom settings. They encourage sequencing, representation, and pattern recognition. While these skills boost children’s language, they can also support the development of computational thinking (CT) skills. This paper will explore how picture books can be used to develop CT skills through unplugged (screen free) and plugged coding activities. By connecting stories to coding activities, teachers can help children see that coding is not something that happens with computers; it’s part of the way children already think and express themselves as they learn. CT can grow out of reading, storytelling, play and the natural way children investigate their world. This paper provides a framework for what CT looks like in early childhood and how children develop it. Then, we provide activities for unplugged coding and plugged coding using Ozobots, with picture books as the thread that connects children’s CT and coding.