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Our son took a couple of intro courses in Scratch programming at libraries when he was 8 and 9. This is a very simple, visual drag and drop language which is lots of fun. There is also a Scratch for Teens book -- he is working through the book, it has lots of exercises etc. (not just for teens, we checked first and it's good for ages as young as 8 or 9).

 

Scratch is downloadable from MIT, no charge.

 

He just turned 10 and is really into Scratch and now learning a somewhat similar language called Alice.

 

Amy

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My DD loves Scratch and is playing some with Storytelling Alice. She's learned a lot from seeing the projects others have done and taking them apart. It helps that Daddy is a software engineer, so when she gets stuck, he can easily look at the code and make suggestions, even though he really hasn't played with Scratch or Alice at all.

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