With programming classes, kids can become expert coders as they learn how to navigate and reason through complex problems—a proficiency that will serve them in the future.

These 15 free coding classes for kids are available now to help your kids learn skills that are becoming more and more essential in our current times.

Not sure what the best computer coding classes for kids are? Here are some of our favorites.

Tech Talent South, an adult beginner's computer coding program, is offering free weekly coding programs for kids ages 9 to 13.

For the most part, though, the website says kids will start with Scratch, a visual programming tool, or by building their own website.

With as fast moving as technology is these days, coding has become almost as essential to a child’s education as math and reading. Unfortunately, not every school is teaching computer programming just ...

The classes are a mixture of real-life coding skills that also teach kids about internet safety. Despite all the fun kids are having, the classes also give them a leg up when it comes to their future.

An all-boys free computer coding class is held every week at the Dorchester family center run by Brookview House.

The lessons do get harder. For the sorting unit, the kids go outside and draw with chalk on the pavement or use tape on the floor indoors.

This week, thousands of events around the world are encouraging computer-coding literacy. "Coding is really about creative self-expression and storytelling," says Mitchel Resnick of MIT's Media Lab.