28 Educational STEM Toys For Kids That Make Learning and Fun Go Hand in Hand

Leave it to executives from top tech companies like Apple, Yahoo!, Google, Disney, and Facebook, as well as President Barack Obama, Ashton Kutcher, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, to lead the way with a program designed for elementary-school-age children. On Code.org's website (free), kids can "help" an Angry Bird catch a pig by telling it to move forward, left, or right. Once the actions are strung together, the bird starts following the code. If it doesn't catch the pig, kids can take out one or more actions to "course correct."