LittleActivity vs Code.org

A free non-profit computer-science curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 12, best known for the Hour of Code.

Last updated: 23 August 2026

The short answer

Code.org is free, non-profit, and the most complete computer-science curriculum available to schools at any price. For coding specifically it is better than ours. It covers one subject and keeps no homeschool records; LittleActivity covers ten subjects and does.

Which one is right for you

Choose Code.org if

Computer science taught properly, K–12, at no cost, with teacher training attached.

Choose LittleActivity if

A family that needs every subject planned and recorded, with coding as one strand of it.

What each one actually is

What is Code.org?

Also known as: Code dot org, code.org, Hour of Code

Code.org is a free non-profit computer-science curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 12, best known for the Hour of Code.

Related: Coding for kids · K-12 education · Homeschool resources

What is LittleActivity?

Also known as: Little Activity, littleactivity.com

LittleActivity is a free educational platform for children from Pre-K to Grade 10, combining sequenced lessons in ten subjects, thousands of printable worksheets, games, and a homeschool system whose attendance, report cards, portfolio and transcript build themselves from the work a child actually completes.

Related: Homeschool curriculum · Printable worksheets · K-12 education · Common Core Standards

Code.org vs LittleActivity, feature by feature

Twenty-four features in five groups. A dash means we have not established that row from their own public pages — it is not a “no”, and we would rather show the gap than guess at it.

Getting started and cost

What it takes to see the thing before you pay for it.

Getting started and cost: Code.org compared with LittleActivity
Feature	Code.org	LittleActivity
Usable free, with no accountCan a parent open it and use real content without signing up?	Much of it is playable without an account	Yes
Card required to startA card taken up front turns a trial into an opt-out subscription.	No	No
Price published on their own siteA price you have to reach checkout to see is a price you cannot compare.	Free	Yes
Charged per childDecides whether a second or third child doubles the bill.	No	No
Adverts shown to childrenIncluding house ads and upsell interstitials mid-activity.	No	No

What it covers

How far it goes before your child ages out of it.

What it covers: Code.org compared with LittleActivity
Feature	Code.org	LittleActivity
Grade rangeThe span the vendor claims on its own site.	Kindergarten to Grade 12	Pre-K to Grade 10
SubjectsWhat is actually taught, not what is mentioned.	Computer science only	Maths, reading, writing, science, social studies, art, music, coding, languages, critical thinking, money
Real Pre-K contentActivities a child who cannot yet read can do alone.	No	Yes
Grade 6 and aboveThe point most early-learning products stop.	Yes	Yes
Standards alignment publishedMatters for reporting in most US states.	CSTA computer-science standards	Yes

How it teaches

Whether it decides what happens today, or hands you a catalogue.

How it teaches: Code.org compared with LittleActivity
Feature	Code.org	LittleActivity
Plans the school day for youThe difference between a curriculum and a content library.	No	Yes
Sequenced, not browse-it-yourselfLessons that build on each other in a fixed order.	Yes	Yes
Per-subject placementA child ahead in reading and behind in maths is the normal case.	No	Yes
Video instructionA person explaining, rather than a screen of practice items.	Yes	No
Live human teachingScheduled classes with a real teacher.	No	No

Off the screen

What is left on the days the tablet is not the answer.

Off the screen: Code.org compared with LittleActivity
Feature	Code.org	LittleActivity
Printable worksheetsReal PDFs, not a web page you send to a printer.	Unplugged activity sheets	5,947 free PDFs
Off-screen work for every school dayAn authored task per day, not an occasional printable.	No	2,160 authored days
Printable wall chartsReference material for the wall behind the desk.	No	600 wall charts
A full day can run on paperFor a broken tablet, a car journey, or a screen-time limit.	Unplugged lessons work on paper	Yes

Records and classroom

The paperwork, and whether it writes itself.

Records and classroom: Code.org compared with LittleActivity
Feature	Code.org	LittleActivity
Attendance logRequired by law in a number of US states.	No	Yes
Report cardsGenerated from work done, not typed by a parent.	No	Yes
Portfolio of workFor states that require an annual review.	No	Yes
High-school transcriptThe document a college admissions office asks for.	No	Yes
Run a class with no student accountsNo roster upload, no email address per child.	No	Yes

What Code.org does better, and what we do instead

Code.org against LittleActivity

Pros

The most complete K–12 computer-science curriculum available, free, from a non-profit
Professional teacher training and a district-scale support programme behind it
A path all the way to AP Computer Science, well past our Grade 10 coding
Partnerships that put licensed characters into the earliest lessons, which works on young children
Genuine standards alignment to CSTA computer-science standards

Cons

Coding as one strand of a planned day across every subject
Printable coding and computational-thinking worksheets for off-screen work
Records that build themselves across all subjects, coding included
A class mode with no student accounts at all
Games, lessons and stories in the same place

The left column is what Code.org is genuinely better at. The right column is not a list of their faults — it is what we do that they do not attempt. A product is allowed to not do something.

Pricing

We have not been able to read Code.org’s current pricing from their live pages, so we are not going to quote it — see their own page. Ours is on our pricing page, before you sign up for anything.

Stay with Code.org if…

You want computer science taught seriously and free. Code.org is better at coding than we are.

Move to LittleActivity if…

You need the other nine subjects planned and the records produced — coding is one strand of a school day, not the day.

The one structural difference

Most families run a content product, a separate planner, and a spreadsheet for records, and nothing in that stack is the system of record. LittleActivity is one system: the same work that teaches your child produces the attendance, the report card, the portfolio and the transcript, and every school day has an authored off-screen task so a broken tablet does not end the day.

In numbers: 5,947 free printable PDFs and 2,160 authored off-screen school days, both counted from the catalogues themselves and checked in our build rather than written by hand.

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How this comparison was made

Their claims are theirs. Grade range, subjects and product shape are taken from what Code.org says about itself on its own public pages, linked above.
Prices are gated. A price appears only with the date a person read it on the vendor’s own page. Most pricing pages in this market render client-side and cannot be checked automatically, so most of these comparisons quote no price at all rather than repeat one that may be a year old.
Our numbers are generated. Printable, poster and school-day counts come from the catalogues they describe and are verified in our build, so a marketing round number cannot creep in.
A dash is not a cross. Where we have not established a row, the table shows a dash. We do not score a competitor down for something we did not check.
We are not neutral. This page is written by one of the two products. That is why it leads with what Code.org does better and names who should stay with it — judge the page on whether those sections are real.

LittleActivity vs Code.org: common questions

Is LittleActivity's coding as good as Code.org's?

No. Code.org is a dedicated K–12 computer-science curriculum from a non-profit with teacher training behind it, and it goes to AP level. Ours is a coding strand inside a whole-school programme, running visual blocks through to Python at Grade 10. For coding alone, use Code.org.

Can I use Code.org inside a LittleActivity homeschool plan?

Yes. Mark coding as covered externally in the day plan and the attendance and report card still add up correctly. This is a common and sensible arrangement.

Does Code.org keep homeschool records?

It reports progress through its own courses. Attendance, report cards, a portfolio and a transcript are outside its scope, so a homeschooling family keeps those elsewhere — which is the part we replace.

Are both free?

Code.org is free with no paid tier at all, funded by donations. LittleActivity's games, printables and lessons — coding included — are free with no account; the membership adds the planned day and the records.

Should I choose LittleActivity or Code.org?

Choose Code.org if: Computer science taught properly, K–12, at no cost, with teacher training attached. Choose LittleActivity if: A family that needs every subject planned and recorded, with coding as one strand of it. Both are real answers — the deciding question is usually whether you want one subject or one tool done well, or the whole school day planned, printed and recorded.

How much does Code.org cost compared with LittleActivity?

We have not been able to read Code.org's current pricing from their live pages and check it, so we do not quote a figure — see their own site for it. LittleActivity's price is published on our pricing page before you sign up, it is one family price rather than a charge per child, and the games, printables and lessons are free with no account.

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