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24 alternatives to CodeMelody

Learn coding and music through play — for kids aged 4+

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    “Lend Me Your Ears” is an interactive web-based game inspired by the classic Simon toy (originally by Milton Bradley). It presents players with a sequence of musical notes and challenges them to reproduce the sequence using either an on-screen piano or a connected MIDI keyboard. Each correct response leads to a progressively more difficult sequence, testing the player’s concentration, memory, and pitch recognition. The game features two modes: - Simon Mode (focuses on auditory recall) - Practice Mode (displays standard sheet music notation to support learning) The game also includes options…

    Jan 2026 · lend-me-your-ears.specr.net · its alternatives →

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    I've been a longtime member @ HN, but I haven't been a developer. In fact, my only HN submission has been one asking how to learn to code (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=820741). My cofounder and I decided to solve the problem by making a simple, interactive way to get started with Codecademy. We'd love your feedback. If you're interested in helping us to get more courses up (on any topic!), please send us an email at [email protected].

    2011 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn to code with Minecraft and Roblox. Ages 8-14

    2015 · codekingdoms.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn code in a fun, easy way, while playing. Ages 6+

    2022 · ubbu.io · its alternatives →

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    JSRobot▲477

    Learn to code in JavaScript by playing a game 🤖

    2017 · lab.reaal.me · its alternatives →

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    The game that teachs kids how to code

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey! I’m JC. I’m 17 and part of Hack Club, a nonprofit where we help teenagers ship programming projects with their friends while growing technically. A while ago, I asked myself the question, “How exactly do programming languages work behind the scenes?” It seemed really daunting until I went to a half hour workshop at a high school hackathon about writing a tree-walk interpreter and realized that getting started was actually super fun. This guide is designed in the vein of that - to get people, especially teenagers, started on learning how to build a programming language in a literal…

    2024 · easel.hackclub.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi all! Thanks for checking out the side project my family and I have been working on (on and off) for the past year. We were playing wordle when we thought: wouldn't it be fun if you had to guess musical notes (ABCDEFG) instead of words? And what if the notes you had to guess were actually the first six notes of a familiar melody? My brother and I both have perfect pitch, which has been really helpful when we want to cover a song that we like, or improvise in a jazz or blue grass setting. We don’t promise that this game will help you gain perfect pitch, but it is possible to train your ear…

    2023 · perfectpitchpuzzle.com · its alternatives →

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    Teach your child to code through play

    Dec 2025 · codebeaver.org · its alternatives →

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    Coding and robotics made easy for kids 🤖

    2018 · robowunderkind.com · its alternatives →

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    A card game that teaches you how to code

    2015 · codecards.io · its alternatives →

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    Looking for feedback on my project to teach python by writing code that interacts with a Minecraft World.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Insanely fun card game that teaches kids the basics of code

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A toy train to teach coding to kids, grows with the kids

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Teaching children how to code through play

    2020 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN, I've linked a tutorial from Pickcode, where students are guided through making a chatbot that plays mad libs. Pickcode is designed for introducing programming without block coding, in a way that's closer to Javascript or Python. I made Pickcode based on my frustrations teaching beginners in both block coding and in Python. The link here is to just one lesson, and I have a few more that you can find on the site. I'd love feedback from HNers with kids age 10-13 or so, or HNers who can put on an intro to programming hat. On the roadmap is adding more complex use cases for your…

    2022 · app.pickcode.io · its alternatives →

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    Learning numerical computing with notebooks for all ages. - eka-foundation/numerical-computing-is-fun

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn screen time to skill time with coding adventure

    2024 · codeventure.app · its alternatives →

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    2014 · benzguo.com · its alternatives →

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