Mommy22alyns Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Sylvia loves the computer, and she has plenty of free time, so I was thinking of maybe some kind of computer elective for kids? She's a bright girl, not super duper gifted though. Is there anything out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Absolutely teach her to code ... I listed tons of Scratch language-based books for kids on my blog. A Google will give you tons of resources in addtion to those. That is a great age to start. :) Don't forget to include a programming logic in the next year or two! She will have lots of fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 What do you suggest for programming logic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Free resources - http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocHomeSchool.htm http://www.homeschoolprogramming.com/ The two best starter languages are Alice and Scratch. Go straight to Amazon. Once she gets her feet wet, Hello World is a great logic book for programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I teach online programming classes and have a number of students as young as 9 doing Scratch. I have also taught Alice. It is harder to learn than Scratch - but you can do more with it. Be careful of Tynker. Not much of it is free and it is VERY glitchy. I used it in an Intro to Programming class and it was a disaster as it doesn't work well on older computers or Firefox. It is just a spin off of Scratch, so rather stick with Scratch For program logic, that is a hard one, but there are games and apps that get kids thinking the right way. Try http://learn.code.org/hoc/1 - this is code.orgs puzzle game Apps: Lightbot (also can play on computer) and CargoBot are two good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I also recommend scratch. Lots of programming logic can be learned this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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