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.

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

Late last month, Ubisoft introduced Rabbids Coding, a new educational game featuring the company's rabbid characters that helps teach kids the basics of coding.

She was first introduced in ABC's hit show, Shark Tank, where she scored a deal with her product Smartgurlz, an application controlled robot that teaches kids the basics of coding.

This week's Heart of Stark showcases the Schalmo Family YMCA in Canal Fulton, which is offering coding and robotics workshops for kids this summer.

Kids can interact with the devices in a variety of ways. In the most basic, kids draw a path for Dash, which resembles a small, wheeled pyramid made of spheres, on a tablet screen.

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.