Python Path for Kids
Paths 2026–27 · iCode of Wellesley
Real code, from the first week
Python is what professionals write. Your child starts by making small games with it, and ends up reading and fixing code the way a working programmer does.
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- 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.
Python is a real programming language that professionals use every day, and it makes a good first one. Kids write their first programs and learn variables, loops and decisions by building small games. No experience needed.
Sundays, 3:00–4:00 pm · running this Fall
For students who know the basics. They write longer programs, split code into functions, work with lists, and get much better at finding their own bugs.
Tuesdays, 4:00–5:00 pm · running this Fall
Object-oriented programming is how big programs stay organized. Students learn classes and objects by modeling things they know, like the characters in a game, and build a project around them.
Available on request
Students design and code complete games in Python, with movement, collisions, levels and scoring. Each game starts as an idea on paper and ends as something a friend can play.
Available on request
The top of the Python Path. Students take their game skills into three dimensions and build 3D games, working with cameras, movement and simple physics.
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?
| Python 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 be able to read and type. 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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