From Virtual Farms to Carnival Games: Level Up Your Child’s Skills with Lyza Education’s Minecraft Holiday Coding Camps

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Is your child constantly building worlds, surviving zombie attacks, and exploring infinite blocky landscapes in Minecraft? You are not alone. Minecraft is one of the most popular games among young kids today. But what if you could transform their favorite video game into a powerful, future-ready educational tool?

At Lyza Education, that exact vision came to life in March when we launched our first seasonal Minecraft Holiday Coding Camp. Designed for young learners aged 7 to 12, the program turned passionate gamers into creative coders. Using Minecraft Education and Microsoft MakeCode, our students learned to automate structures and build impressive, functional virtual farms using block-based coding.

Engrossed students creating structures on Minecraft using codes at The Kidz Club Bukit Timah

Following overwhelming positive feedback from both parents and students, we are expanding the experience for the upcoming year-end school holidays!

Designing Virtual Carnivals: What’s New for Year-End?

Building on the success of our farming modules, our upcoming year-end holiday camp challenges students to step into the shoes of a game developer. Rather than just playing games built by others, students step behind the scenes to learn how code makes games work.

During the camp, students will actively design and code their very own custom carnival mini-games, including popular concepts such as:

Zombie Rush: Programming survival logic, enemy wave mechanics, and player movement.
Boat Race: Configuring speed variables, track coordinates, and event triggers.
Chicken Fall: Controlling random spawn functions, loops, and real-time score tracking.
Treasure Hunt: Applying spatial reasoning, conditional statements, and hidden prize algorithms.

Learn, play and code, all at the same time!

Whether automating a virtual farm or designing an interactive carnival, students actively develop essential STEM competencies:

Computational & Logical Thinking: Breaking down complex game designs into step-by-step algorithms.
Creative Problem-Solving: Debugging broken code and refining gameplay mechanics.
Resilience & Confidence: Overcoming technical challenges to bring their personal visions to life.

Why Choose Lyza Education for Your Child's Coding Journey?

With so many holiday camps in Singapore, why do parents and students choose Lyza Education? We combine small class sizes with cutting-edge technology to ensure every child thrives.

Intimate Learning Environment (1:6 Ratio): We cap our classes to ensure a maximum 1:6 Teacher-Student ratio, guaranteeing personalised attention and tailored guidance.
The LumoLearn Platform: Our exclusive, all-in-one platform keeps parents perfectly connected to their child's progress. You can view lesson summaries, track end-of-course evaluations, and celebrate milestones like "Coder of the Term". You can even view snippets of how your child's farm or carnival looks like at the end of the course!

We cap our ratio at 6 to offer more personalised guidance towards each student. Our platform also allows parents to see how their child has done in class, from photos and videos. I do know students also enjoy the little incentives in receiving Kash after every lesson, where some look forward to exchanging their credits for redeemable gifts! Some of the courses that have been built on with LumoLearn also allows students to continue working on their projects post-course, where they can even engage the help of the AI tutor.

~ Lizhang, CEO of Lyza Education