Teach Children Code
It’s pretty obvious, that introducing children to coding is one of the most valuable experiences they can get exposed to early in life. Many questions arise regarding where to start the introduction, at what age, how to do it and what STEM toys, games, books and other resourses are the bet ones for this purpose. In this post I’ll be gathering links to resources that help teach children of various ages to code and another valuable posts discussing the matter.
- Harvard Researchers Build $10 Robot That Can Teach Kids to Code – 2013
- The Best Interactive Tools to Help Kids Learn to Code (While Having Fun) – 2017
- Teach Your Kids to Code: 6 Beginner’s Resources for Parents – 2014
- STEM toys to tech kids to code (toddlers and teens) – 2017
- 8 free tools that teach kids how to code – 2015
- How to best teach a group of children how to code? – 2017
- New Ways to Teach Young Children to Code – 2017
Visual-programming languages such as Scratch, for children 8 and up, and Scratch Jr. for children ages 5 through 7, use tiles or blocks rather than text. Children snap blocks together into a series of steps to direct animations or games—teaching sequencing. They learn to repeat steps by nesting sets of blocks inside a command calling for a specified number of repetitions. Children also learn another programming concept, using conditionals, through the game. For example, they might instruct an animated figure, “If the next space is open, move forward; if not, turn right.”
“Hello Ruby”
Book, ages 5-7
A picture and activity book that introduces programming basics.
ScratchJr
Website, app and programming language, ages 5-7
PBSKids ScratchJr
App, ages 5-8
Hopscotch
App, ages 9-11
Lightbot
Online game, app, versions for ages 4-8 and 9+
Move the Turtle
App, ages 5+
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