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Every course has one live lesson a week, with a teacher, in a group of 8–10.
When you send the form, our education advisor will call you. This is not an enrollment or a purchase. Ask on WhatsApp ↗
Ages 8–12: 10 live courses in three areas
Choose an age range above to see the courses for that age in all three areas together.
A first step through games and instructions: sequencing and simple algorithms with ScratchJr; at 6–7, the idea of money with FinZekâ in finance. No reading or writing required; lessons are short (45 minutes), live and with a teacher. Too early? Read the answer in the FAQ ↓
All three areas are available at this age: a first program with Scratch; building their own world in Minecraft, not just playing in it; video and digital design; Python for Beginners and Creating with AI at 12; and in finance, FinPractice, FinProje and, at 12, FinGram.
From blocks to written code: Python for Beginners and Advanced Python, games with Unity; alongside them, Creating with AI, FinGram and FinProje. Teens now write their own projects.
App development with Advanced Python; at 16, a game project with Unity. We’ll work out which one to start with during the call, based on their interests and what they have written before.
First Steps in CodingAges 5–7 · ScratchJrCoding WorkshopAges 8–11 · Scratch
Game Design with MinecraftAges 8–12 · Minecraft Education
Video and StorytellingAges 9–11 · Content creation
Digital Design WorkshopAges 9–14 · Visual communicationPython for BeginnersAges 12–14 · Python · Beginner · 2 years
Game Development with UnityAges 12–16 · Unity · C#Advanced PythonAges 14–17 · Python · Advanced · 2 yearsNo courses in this area for this age.
Creating with AIAges 12–15 · Generative AI toolsNo courses in this area for this age.
Each program is chosen and priced separately, and your child can take more than one area at a time. During the call, you and our advisor decide which course to start with, based on your child’s age and what they’ve done before.
With the right question, they give the child room to try.
The work on their screen at the end of the lesson shows what they learned.
Every child shows their own work; the group looks for mistakes together.
One live lesson: 90 minutes, or 45 at ages 5–7. The teacher and the group are there on screen; the child isn’t alone.
9,000 students in six years; 4,800 of them have been with us for more than three years. Our own data, September 2026.
in 6 years
nine out of every ten students
the same child, a new course as they grow
programs completed
The figures cover İstanbul Algoritma as a whole; there are no separate figures by course or area.
Like math, language and science at school: each area has its own outcomes and is chosen separately, but they can also be taken together. The courses are ways into these areas, not prerequisites for one another.
Breaking an idea into steps, explaining it to a computer, finding out why it doesn’t work. From Scratch to Python, from games to apps.
Algorithmic thinking · problem solving · digital creation
What it brings to the other two areas: the habit of breaking a problem into steps.
Course topics include: sequencing and instructions, events and movement, conditions and loops, app development.
Understanding generative AI, asking good questions, checking answers, knowing a tool’s limits; creating their own projects, from text to 3D models.
Critical thinking · data literacy
What it brings to the other two areas: questioning and checking answers.
Course topics include: patterns and classification, telling a prediction from a fact, asking questions and checking answers, the limits of models.
Money, needs and wants, budgets; the cost and risk of an idea. Learning to make decisions from a young age.
Decision-making · planning
What it brings to the other two areas: making decisions that take resources and risk into account.
Course topics include: the family budget, needs vs. wants, cost and risk, business models.Each area is a separate program, priced separately (16 weeks: 30,000 TL; 32 weeks: 55,000 TL per course). If you buy two or more 32-week packages together (two courses for one child, or the same or different courses for siblings), you get 25% off each of those packages. If you’d like to add a second area, we can discuss it during the call, based on your child’s age and weekly schedule.
Request a callIf there’s something you can’t find an answer to, you can talk to our education advisor.
No. Coding, AI and financial literacy are complementary programs, each chosen and purchased separately.
A single introductory lesson doesn’t show whether a child is really interested. You choose the course and the package together with our education advisor. Withdrawal and refund terms are set out on the “Delivery and refunds” page.
16 weeks cost 30,000 TL and 32 weeks cost 55,000 TL (FinProje has only the 16-week package); prices include VAT and are the same for all courses. There is no automatic renewal. If you buy two or more 32-week packages together (two courses for one child, or the same or different courses for siblings), you get 25% off each of those packages: 82,500 TL instead of 110,000 TL for two packages. You choose the course and the package together with our education advisor.
With a single program and a 16-week or 32-week package. We can talk about a second area or the next course during the call.
Lessons at this age are 45 minutes long and game-based; no reading or writing is needed, and the blocks are visual. Every lesson produces something that works on screen. At first, it helps if an adult joins the lesson; you’ll see at home in the first few weeks how it’s going.
At 12–15, these are two separate courses, and neither is a prerequisite for the other. Both start from the basics: Creating with AI requires no coding knowledge, and Python for Beginners requires no prior block coding or AI knowledge. You start with a single course. If your child likes making things like text, images and 3D models with tools, choose AI; if they like writing their own programs, choose Python. If you’re unsure, try the 2-minute course finder or request a call; a second course is added only if you want it, as a separate program. There is no AI course for children under 12.
A computer connected to the internet, a camera and a microphone (for First Steps, our course for ages 5–7, a tablet is suitable); any software a course needs is listed on its course page. Lessons are in Turkish and fully online; no physical materials are sent.
Tell us your child’s age and interests; sending the form is not an enrollment or a purchase. When our advisor calls, you’ll decide together on the first step and what comes next.
