Phrogram's "ON-to-09" programming contest, ending January 18, is for the best game! Yep, we are going back to our roots - our first contest was on games and we know it's a crowd pleaser. So, after a collective yawn was heard (seen?) from the community about using the concept of time in a program, we'd like to go back to ...

This is a cool program designed by Melanie Rust, a second grader and 8 years old (helped a little by her dad). Although very simple, it demonstrates a lot of the programming principles, including math, useful in Phrogram. The goal of the game is to catch the butterflies with a net. Each butterfly has an equation on it. A matching value is on the ...

We had six entries in our fall contest, for best use of sound in a program. Thanks to everyone who entered!  It was a lot of fun to give each entry a whirl, and deciding which three should win a prize wasn’t easy! And, if you read on, you’ll learn that we added a fourth! First, let me summarize each entry, and let you know ...

Attached is our entry for the Fall programming contest. I hope it will be valuable to someone! Our entry was put together as a group, myself and my son and daughter. This is a spelling bee program that allows up to four people to compete in a spelling bee. The sound elements include the pronunciation of the words and sounds for correct ...