If your kids love Minecraft and express interest in building their own games and mods then I would recommend buying them this Roblox course. Almost half of this course is about game development from A to Z.

Who would have guessed that influencers and “Viners” become a thing and get rich pretty quick just by making short videos and posting them? If something like this happens again I want my children to take their chances. Scratch teaches them to make videos and games and gives them an incentive to go further because it’s just so fun and gamified that they want to learn more. I don’t know if my kids move to Roblox or Minecraft after this Scratch course but they’re definitely into film making now.

Your certificate of completion is a clever idea that encouraged my kid to finish the course faster.

If you want to help to lay a foundation of programming in your kids introduce Scratch to them