A new way to build, compete, and think in Minecraft, one sprint at a time.
Three rotating 4-week sprints, Esports, AI Foundations, and Build Challenges, each with a coach, six kids, and a real curriculum. $259 per sprint.
Only 6 seats per sprint.
There’s a difference between playing Minecraft and getting better at something in it.
Your child has probably already spent hours in Minecraft, and you’ve probably wondered if any of that time is actually going somewhere. It’s a fair question. Open-ended play keeps kids busy without pointing toward anything in particular. Minecraft Education’s own coding curriculum takes a different approach: it follows a real, deliberate progression, algorithms, sequencing, loops, conditionals, operators, events, variables, and functions, the same building blocks used to teach computer science generally, just introduced one at a time and in an order that actually makes sense.
Open-ended play at home
No particular order to what’s learned
A trick picked up today doesn’t build toward tomorrow
Nothing new to show for the time spent
A real progression
Algorithms and sequencing first, putting steps in the right order
Loops and conditionals next, repeating actions and making decisions
Operators, events, variables, and functions build from there
What your child learns
Three habits that show up across every sprint, not just one.
Structured, step-by-step thinking
Every sprint teaches the same underlying habit: don’t just act, break the problem into steps first. The coding progression states it outright, algorithms, sequencing, conditionals. AI Foundations teaches it indirectly, how AI recognizes patterns, how systems like cloud computing work. Esports strategy is sequential decision-making under constraints. Even Build Challenges, the most creative-seeming track, is really about breaking a big problem, like designing a sustainable city, into planned, ordered parts.
Critical evaluation, not passive consumption
Every sprint asks kids to question and take responsibility for an output, not just consume or produce one blindly. AI Foundations names this directly, evaluate AI-generated content, question AI outputs, use AI responsibly, including investigating deepfakes in scenarios like Reed Smart: AI Detective. Esports’ emphasis on inclusive, fair competition asks for judgment, not just winning. The same instinct shows up in cybersecurity and digital citizenship content alongside the coding track.
Collaboration and communication under real constraints
Very little of this curriculum is designed to be done in isolation with no audience. Esports states this outright, collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills. Build Challenges’ city-design work is a shared, defendable design, not a solo diary. Even the coding progression trends toward building something explicitly meant to be played and judged by someone else.
A coach in every session, not a video to copy.
We know your kid already loves Minecraft. We also know it can feel like it’s going nowhere. A dedicated coach leads every sprint, and six kids per group means every student gets real hands-on time, not a crowded lecture, and real help the moment they get stuck.
By the end of a sprint, your child has something real to show for it, a build, a strategy they executed, or a new way of thinking about AI, not just more hours played. Picture them walking you through what they made, actually proud of what they figured out.
Here’s how it works
Pick a sprint
Choose Esports, AI Foundations, or Build Challenges for your child’s grade band. Each sprint runs 4 weeks, capped at 6 students.
Show up and dive in
Once a week for 4 weeks, with a coach leading that sprint’s real curriculum, not open-ended free time.
Finish with something real
Your child leaves the sprint with a finished project, a strategy, or a new skill, and can pick a new sprint next round.
A real interest deserves a real chance to grow.
Minecraft isn’t a distraction to manage. It’s the thing your child already chose, on their own, without being asked. Most kids don’t get that chance taken seriously. They get told to turn it off, or they get left to figure it out alone.
Six kids, one coach, one sprint at a time, that’s the whole idea. Not a bigger class. Not a busier curriculum. Just enough structure to turn an interest your child already has into a skill they’ll actually keep.
Upcoming sprints
Each sprint is offered separately for Grades 3–5 and Grades 6–8. Six seats per class.
Minecraft Esports
Build battles, team strategy, and friendly competition using Minecraft Education’s official esports format.
Grades 3–5 & 6–8 · Dates and times TBD
Minecraft AI Foundations
How AI actually works, how to use it responsibly, and how to think critically about AI-generated content.
Grades 3–5 & 6–8 · Dates and times TBD
Minecraft Build Challenges
Open-ended creative builds, including real city-design and sustainability challenges kids plan and defend.
Grades 3–5 & 6–8 · Dates and times TBD
Full billing and cancellation terms are provided at enrollment.
Parent questions about Minecraft Education sprints, answered.
What does a sprint actually look like?
Every sprint follows a real curriculum for that theme, Esports, AI Foundations, or Build Challenges. Each session opens with that day’s challenge, kids spend most of the time working hands-on, and the coach circulates to help. The specifics vary by sprint, ask us what’s in the current rotation.
Does my child need coding or Minecraft experience?
No. Every sprint is built for beginners. Coaches guide the whole group, so kids don’t need any prior experience with Minecraft or the sprint’s topic.
What do I need to send with my child?
Nothing. We provide the device, and it connects only to our own secured, private Minecraft world, not the public version. All your child needs to bring is themselves.
Is my child playing with strangers online?
No. Every session runs on a private Minecraft world hosted on our own secured network, not a public server. Your child only ever plays alongside the other kids in their sprint.
Will I actually see what my child worked on?
Not a screenshot from inside the game itself, our system is closed and private for safety, so there’s nothing for your child to export or bring home. What you will get is a recap of what was actually covered that session, for example, “today’s Esports sprint covered team strategy and communication.”
Is this connected to your Coding Belt System?
Not currently. These sprints run alongside our belt-progression tracks as standalone Minecraft Education offerings.
How does billing and cancellation work?
Full billing and cancellation terms are provided at enrollment.
Six seats. One coach. Three ways to grow.
Every sprint that fills is one less spot in that round. Once a sprint fills, the next opening depends on when the theme comes back around.
Minecraft and Minecraft Education are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Love to Code Academy is an independently owned and operated licensee with access to Minecraft Education through Microsoft Education. This program is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation or Mojang Studios.