Minecraft Path for Kids
Paths 2026–27 · iCode of Wellesley
Five levels, one game
Your child already builds in Minecraft. Here they learn why the build works. Then they keep going, one level at a time, for as long as it holds them.
- Boston Parents Family Favorite seven years running
- Macaroni Kids Favorite 2025
- Ten students to a room
Not sure which level? Book a free evaluation.
Fall semester
28 September – 13 December 2026
Ten sessions, one hour a week. We skip Thanksgiving week.
The semester
$445
Second Path at the same time, $375. Brothers and sisters get 5% off both.
Ages 7–15 · ten students to a room · 73 Central Street, Wellesley
Three semesters a year: Fall, Winter and Spring. You pay for the semester you’re in, and nothing renews on its own.
The five levels
Your child starts where they are and moves when they’re ready. Nobody repeats a year, and nobody’s stuck in a class that has run out of things to teach them.
Every session starts with a challenge and an empty world. Your child designs and builds something that has never existed. A castle that has to stand up. A village with a reason behind every street. They learn to plan a build before placing a single block, then work out why a design fails and fix it. No experience needed.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 pm · running this Fall
Survival mode hands your child nothing and expects them to work it out. They learn the tools, the recipes and the rules behind crafting, then make the objects they need to keep going. It’s problem solving with the clock running.
Sundays, 4:00–5:00 pm · running this Fall
Here your child stops playing the game as it ships and starts changing it. They design new blocks, items, biomes and characters in Blockbench, the same free tool real modders use, then write the code that drops them into the world. Their world, their rules.
Available on request
Redstone is Minecraft’s wiring. Your child builds doors that open on their own, traps, lights and machines that actually work. Along the way they pick up on and off, and AND and OR. That’s the same logic inside every computer they’ll ever use.
Available on request
Minecraft itself is written in Java. At this level your child writes it too. Real code, in a real language, typed from an empty file. They build bigger mods from scratch, then read and fix their own code the way a working programmer does. This is the top of the Minecraft Path.
Available on request
Levels 101 and 102 have a set day this Fall. The rest start once a group forms, and you can hold a seat now. Not sure which one fits? Book a free evaluation and we’ll place your child.
What school doesn’t have time for
School teaches the concepts. We teach your child how to use them.
A classroom has thirty children and a syllabus to finish. We have ten and an afternoon. So your child builds the thing, breaks it, fixes it, and explains what they did.
One question a session
AI can write the code. It can’t decide what to build, or tell you when the answer is wrong. That’s the part we teach.
Every session opens with one thinking question on the board. Make it smaller. Where have I seen this before? Would a robot understand this? It takes two minutes, and it’s the habit that outlasts the subject.
Your child can use AI after they have tried it themselves and can tell us what they tried. Anything AI helped with, they have to explain. Copy and paste with no explanation isn’t finished work.
Who teaches your child
Our instructors are college graduates with computer science backgrounds. They studied this. So when your child asks the question that isn’t in the lesson plan, they get a real answer.
Thinking about the Belt Program instead?
| Minecraft Path | Belt Program | |
| Time | 1 hour a week | 2 hours, plus 2 on a Saturday |
| Shape | One topic, one semester | Ten belts, ten months each |
| What comes home | What they built | Monthly report, portfolio, transcript |
| Saturday STEAM Study Lab | None | Included, two hours a month |
| Price | $445 a semester | $425 a month |
Ten hours a semester at $445 works out at $44.50 an hour. A Belt is ten hours a month (eight in class plus a two-hour Study Lab) at $425, which is $42.50 an hour. The Belt costs less per hour, and it’s the only one that’s written down.
Questions parents ask
My child has never done this. Which level?
Level 101. It says no experience needed and it means it. The only thing your child needs is to already enjoy Minecraft. Not sure? Book a free evaluation and we’ll place them.
How does my child move up a level?
When the instructor thinks they are ready, and not before. There’s no test and nothing is marked. We don’t grade. No scores, no pass, no fail.
What happens on a day off school?
We run. A single day off school isn’t a day off Path. We skip Thanksgiving week, and we are closed 24 December to 7 January.
Can my child take two Paths at once?
Yes, if the times don’t clash. The second one is $375. Call the campus on 781-291-3131 and we’ll check the schedule with you.
Does it carry on after December?
There are three semesters: Fall, Winter and Spring. Nothing renews on its own. Every family chooses again each semester.
Still deciding?
Book a free evaluation. Forty-five minutes, no obligation, and your child leaves knowing which level fits.
iCode of Wellesley · 73 Central Street, Wellesley · 781-291-3131
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