Coding Classes for Kids in Singapore: Roblox and Vibe Coding

Coding classes for kids in Singapore used to mean one thing: a room of 10 yr olds typing Python or dragging Scratch blocks. In 2026 the choice is wider, and the useful question for a parent is no longer “which language” but “what will my child have built by the end of the week”.

This page explains how coding is taught now, what Mind Theory’s coding classes cover, and how to pick a class for your child’s age. If you are weighing up holiday options more broadly, our guide to holiday camps in Singapore covers every category.

How coding for kids has changed

The new era of coding uses AI agents. Tech companies like Microsoft and Google have asked their programmers to use AI assisted coding, which can speed up development by 10x. Tools like Cursor AI, VS Code, Claude Code and ChatGPT write the code. The person directs it, tests it and fixes it.

For a child, that changes what a coding class should teach. Syntax still matters, but the skill that compounds is being able to describe a game or an app clearly, read what the AI produced, spot what is wrong and push it further. That is what our students are doing in the clip below.

Coding classes for kids at Mind Theory

We run three programmes that teach coding, all built around shipping a real project by the last session. Students work on their own laptop or one of our desktops, and no coding experience is needed for any of them.

Roblox Coding Camp (ages 10 to 16)

Roblox Studio, a free application on Windows and macOS, is the tool every Roblox game is built with. Our Roblox Coding Camp runs 5 days x 2hr. Students build a game world from scratch, script it in Lua, playtest it and publish it so their friends can play. Past students chose to model their own home, room by room. Others built obbys with custom traps and checkpoints, combat arenas with scripted weapons and health systems, and terrain worlds with their own sky and lighting.

AI Vibe Coding Programme (secondary school)

Vibe coding is building software by describing what you want to an AI coding agent in plain English, then testing and refining what it produces. Students learn to direct AI coding agents using either Microsoft VS Code, Github Copilot, MTCode, Opencode or Lovable (if using tablets). Students will use the free trial versions provided by the various cloud AI companies. By the end of the AI Vibe Coding Programme each student has a working web app or game they can keep improving at home.

AI Sprint Holiday Camp (ages 9 to 16)

One week, five disciplines: AI art, Roblox game design, vibe coding, video editing and prompt engineering. The AI Sprint Holiday Camp is the right pick if your child has not settled on one interest yet, because the Roblox day and the vibe coding day give them a taste of both kinds of coding.

For schools

The same vibe coding curriculum runs as a school workshop or enrichment block. Read why vibe coding is the enrichment skill every school needs, or go straight to the Agentic AI Coding Workshop for Singapore Schools.

Which coding class for which age

A rough guide, from watching a few hundred students come through our classroom:

• Ages 7 to 9: block-based tools like Scratch, usually through school or a beginner class. Our AI Storytelling Camp (ages 8 to 14) is a gentler first step. It builds the same describe, test and fix habit without code.
• Ages 10 to 12: Roblox. They already play it, so the motivation to fix a broken script is built in. Start with the Roblox Coding Camp.
• Ages 12 to 16: vibe coding or the AI Sprint. Teens want something that looks like real software, and a working web app in a week delivers that.

Scratch, Python or Roblox: where should a child start?

Parents ask this more than anything else. The honest answer is that any of them works if the child finishes a project. Scratch is the easiest on-ramp for under 10s. Python is the language most secondary schools and universities expect, and a teen who wants to understand syntax should learn it. Roblox Lua is a real scripting language too, and for most 10 to 14 yr olds it is the one they keep using after the class ends, because the game is the reward.

AI-directed coding sits on top of all three. A child who has built one Roblox game or one Scratch project already knows what a loop and a variable are, and directing an AI agent from there is a short step. We do not run Python or robotics classes ourselves. If your child prefers building physical things, a LEGO or micro:bit robotics class is a good alternative, and we would rather say so than sell you the wrong camp.

What to ask any coding school before you book

• What does my child have at the end? A published game or a working app beats a certificate.
• How many students per instructor? Our camps run in small groups so each student gets eyes on their screen.
• Do they need to bring a laptop? For our camps a laptop is ideal, and we have desktops for those who do not.
• Can they keep working at home? Every tool we teach is free or has a free tier, so with us the answer is yes.

Book a coding class

The key is to make coding fun and relevant to what your child already likes, and to let them experiment, explore and be creative along the way. A specific language is the first tool. The goal is a child who enjoys solving problems and building things.

Camp dates for the Roblox Coding Camp, AI Vibe Coding Programme and AI Sprint are on each booking page, and every camp is listed on our courses page. Browse what past students built on the Student Showcase.

Not sure which class fits? Email us or WhatsApp us with your child’s age and what they like, and we will point you to the right camp.