Scratchis a programming language that allows kids to create interactive stories, games and animations in a very visual, drag and drop manner. What’s wonderful about Scratch is not just the power of how much can
Players move colorful turtles around the board by “programming” them with a set of command cards. But while the kids choose the cards that dictate whether the critters go forward, right, or left, parents are the ones actually executing the commands. Kids learn the basics of coding logic ...
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...
The idea has been in development for around a year. It was originally planned for a family centre in Montreal, “we wanted to teach those kids how to code and the mindset and logic of programming,” but then Ubisoft spread its ambitions and decided to make it available to the world. Whi...
If we want to set our children up for success, every child should learn to code. Coding for kids has many benefits that stretch far beyond the computer screen. From critical thinking, creativity, and persistence, find out how to get your kids on the path
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Scratch, like Alice, and Etoys, was developed to make learning the logic and concepts of programming easy and allow the student to move past the frustrating and tight syntax requirements of more advanced computer languages like C. Scratch is much more forgiving, intuitive, and immediately rewarding...
Coding games are also a fun way to get your feet wet. If you have an hour to kill, you can give the simpleHour of Codegames a try. Additionally, many schools already use theMinecraft: Educational Editionto teach kids programming basics with coding blocks, and even JavaScript. ...
Tynker helps kids solve the puzzle Tynker(free) turns things up a notch, with a visual programming method that is capable of creating some impressive games and tools. There’s a free app that you can grab to try it out on your own, but Tynker also has bigger ambitions with ase...
Probably not. Yet still, many of these kids have only a vague idea of what makes a computer tick. It also appears that, for the most part, kids don't get into the inner workings of programming until secondary school. Why is that? If children can learn second and third human languages...