I have a seven year old son. He is pretty bright and I want to show him that computers are good for something beyond playing games. My end goal would be to have him use a language (See Related question) to develop a program he can show his friends or solve a problem. My question is how do I get started? I am fairly certain I will hav...
I might be asking this question a bit early, since my kid isn't even born yet, but I want to be prepared. How should I start introducing basic programming concepts to my kid? I remember typing BASIC code into my Commodore 64 and trying to get that little turtle to move around the screen at school. But what are some more current begi...
I've got a ten year old brother who desperately needs a constructive hobby and I am convinced he has the proper sort of wiring to become an adept coder. However, what he has in raw intelligence he lacks in patience and willingness to try new things. His overpowering interests are Legos and video games so my inclination is to find a way ...
My 11 year old son is very interested in programming. He has been working with Scratch for a couple years but has now outgrown it. I recently helped him install Visual C# Express Edition and he is very excited to work with it, but we're having a hard time finding good resources for him online. He learns best by looking at sample program...
What are the best places for getting my daughters interested in programming without actually knowing that's what I'm doing? :-) For example, I presented Alice.org to the older one as a storytelling program. I showed her Logo once, and she drew squares for an afternoon and forgot about it. ...
OK, so I've read through various posts about teaching beginner's to program, and there were some helpful things I will look at more closely. But what I want to know is whether there are any effective tools out there to teach a kid Java specifically? I want to teach him Java specifically because (a) with my strong background in C I fe...
My little girl wants to learn programming but she is still a little young. What would be the best approach to teaching programming to a 7 year old that still lacks a lot basic skills? ...
I didn't really get into programming until high school, although I wish my parents would have introduced me to it at a young age. What are good ways to start getting kids excited about programming? I've been looking into SmallBasic and KPL as possible starting languages but would like some suggestions. If anyone has general advice or ...
Sometimes it's difficult to define programming to people. Especially too old or too young people can not understand what I do to earn money. They think that I repair computers, or they want to think that I (as an engineer) build computers at work. :) It's really hard to tell people that you produce something they can't touch. Here is a ...
My eight years old son asks to "teach him programming in Flash". Can somebody refer on good Actionscript learning resource online? The Flash version we have is "Flash MX". Thank you in advance. ...
In a number of these conversations, developers fondly remember their very first program. It tends to be a variation of this: 10 print "My brother Michael is a greebly" 20 goto 10 Personally, I remember the moment, and the extreme awe I felt. Computers were these amazing things that had text floating on the screens, and suddenly I had ...
Possible Duplicate: Whats a good age to get your children into programming? I have a very smart son of 6 years old. I wonder whether is that a good age to start teaching him programming? Are there any literature and/or sources on the web about doing so? What language should my kid start with (Functional Programming like Scala/...
Possible Duplicates: What is the easiest language to start with? What are some recommended programming resources for pre-teens? My son is 11 years old and he would like to learn a programming language. Of course his primary goal is to develop some (simple) games. Do you know of a programming language that is suitable for this...
When introducing basic programming concepts to kids for the first time, what paradigm is best to start with? What research has been done in this field? ...
Hi, about half a year ago I read about a programming language from Microsoft which is easy to learn (also for kids) and which uses .NET. But unfortunately I am not able to find something about this language right now. The only thing I find is "Boku" from Microsoft, but I am pretty sure this is not the language I read about. I hope someo...
Back in the late 80s/early 90s I learned GWBasic on MS-DOS. Then Turbo Pascal. Then Turbo C/Asm. Later I stumbled into PHP and finally made a career out of Perl programming. I'm curious how actual under-25s found their way into programming. There is a lot of discussion about what path you would steer your children if you wanted them to ...
A small initiative from my work place plans to teach very basic computers to not so fortunate kids. I was looking for some very basic topics/resources. These kids are very young and have not seen/worked with a computer before. The fun factor should not be lost and hence I don't want it to be rigorous, just plain, what is computer, keybo...
Hey Guys, My 12 year old brother has recently expressed an interest in learning to program. I of course think this is a great idea, why not start him early? I'm wondering what you guys think with regards a book? I was thinking I should start him off on Java but I'm unsure what book would be best? Any suggestions with regards a book or e...
Please read the entire question, as this is not a standard fare, "What are some good C# books?" question. I am looking for a good book or perhaps something in the form of CBT, to help teach my 10 year old son how to program (using C# 4.0 / .NET 4.0 and of course Visual Studio 2010 as the IDE). He does not know anything about programming...