Challenging and fun: It's hard fun!
Learning isn't easy, but it should be fun. The Sugar Labs community works hard to make tools that are both challenging and fun. Hard fun is the sweet spot!
Whether you're a young learner, teacher, or a budding developer, we believe Sugar Labs has something for you. Read on to learn more about our award-winning Sugar Learning Platform and how to join our diverse community of teachers and learners.
The world needs more tools and communities for learn-by-doing education
Learners and teachers already have plenty of tools to help them with instruction-based learning. And despite the known benefits, there are very few tools and communities that encourage project-based learning. Sugar Labs's unique mission is to cultivate a community of teachers and learners engaged in learn by doing and, collaboratively, create tools explicitly made for authentic problem solving.
Learning isn't easy, but it should be fun. The Sugar Labs community works hard to make tools that are both challenging and fun. Hard fun is the sweet spot!
The simplest way to get involved is to join our newsletter.
Sugar Labs, founded in 2008, has had an impact on the lives of many. Here are some of the statistics we are tracking.
This is what we've heard about Sugar Labs from students, teachers, parents, and growing developers.
"This summer was super fun and filled with learning! I enjoyed testing over 60+ activities with kids to get first-hand feedback which had a positive impact in the way they approach problems. The fact that these activities are used by kids as a tool of learning motivates me to contribute more and more. I'm going to continue to contribute and be a part of Sugar Labs."
Sourabha G., GSoC 2021 student
"I would like to thank my mentors Walter Bender and Devin Ulibarri for their constant guidance and motivation. A big thanks to Sugar Labs community and Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for providing such a wonderful opportunity for learning and helping me to be an active member of Open Source Community."
Riya Lohia, GSoC 2018 student
"I think Music Blocks will inspire many young folks to become programmers, mathematicians, composers, and music theorists. It will also provide important experiences to other young folk who pursue other fields. You are to be congratulated on your efforts."
"Fedora-Based Sugar on a Stick Is One Sweet Desktop."
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Our educational tools can be experienced in a number of ways. Try the one that's best for you.
The Sugar Learning Platform is a complete environment for teaching and learning, which includes individual activities. If you're already using the Sugar Desktop Environment, then you can install from the activities below, which has links to some of our most popular activities.
We have hundreds of activities to explore.
Important: Please know that in order to install and try them, you need to be running the Sugar Desktop Environment. If you don't have that already, please consider your other options to explore Sugar: Try Sugar!
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