I want to teach kids Python. Where can I start? You can start by signing up for a CodeMonkey teacher trial and playing the first 21 challenges ofBanana Tales. If you would like to continue learning this versatile language, you can purchase Banana Tales for your class. In addition, you ca...
Tynker’s coding for schools curriculum is designed to teach students computational thinking and core computer science concepts. Through Tynker, students learn the fundamentals of programming found in all object-oriented programming languages in a way that’s fun and easy for Students to understand. ...
Makeblock mBot Educational Robot Kit: teaches you about graphical programming, electronics, and robotics. It has 38 parts that can be assembled in 10 seconds. Its programming interface is based on Scratch 2.0. Project Bloks: a modular platform to teach tangible programming to kids. It is a modu...
Combined software and hardware options for kids For many children pure programming can be a bit abstract, adding some hardware into the mix can be a good way to make it more "real". Lego Mindstorms The Lego Mindstorms kits are well regarded but are a bit pricey; with the kit you can ma...
robotics. Many kids respond to the idea of programming things that work in the real world. There are a wide variety of robotics kits and languages you can use to program them, but the LEGO Mindstorms system enjoys one of the largest user communities and a kid-friendly visual programming app...
If your kids play Minecraft, they’ll eventually grow bored with the available mods and want to start building their own. Since Mods are built with real-world programming languages like Java, this is a great way to take their programming skills to the next level. YouthDigital’sLearn Java ...
Computer programming is not a field exclusive to adults. Learn to teach kids how to program with this printable worksheet that will review the basic pedagogy associated with computer programming. The accompanying quiz will test you on terminology, and ensure your understanding of current approaches to...
No Starch Press has published a book to help parents do exactly that, Teach Your Kids to Code. As their subtitle says, it’s a parent-friendly guide to Python programming. It also happens to be an excellent guide to learn Python if you’re single, elderly, a Martian, and otherwise don...
Scratch is much more forgiving, intuitive, and immediately rewarding so the students can focus on understanding the concepts – loops, threads, statements, events and boolean expressions – that are the underpinning of most programming languages. And keep in mind, they were developed for and are ...
Why is that? If children can learn second and third human languages by their teens, why not programming as well? Here's an excellent development tool that truly is for kids of all ages. Scratch Developed at MIT for kids ages 8 and up, Scratch is a new programming language that is very...