Tim Wright wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Carl Cerecke wrote:
My daughter has recently turned 6. I am keen to introduce her
to programming concepts, and vaguely remember you doing
something in this area. Do you have any suggestions for
programming languages suitable for 6 yr olds?
Yup. But make sure she's building stuff that she likes and enjoys.
That's a given. If she doesn't like/enjoy it, she won't be doing
it, I assure you. This is supposed to be fun - I won't be making
her do this.
She
(probably) won't have the math skills to build complex programs, so all
you can really do is make programming seem fun.
How much math do you need for iteration, looping, modules, and
decisions? Well, maybe decisions need some elementary math.
Alice: www.alice.org (and it's free---as in beer!)
ToonTalk: www.toontalk.com
Stagecast: www.stagecast.com
AgentSheets: www.agentsheets.com
Thanks for the info. I'll probably check out alice, but
its a big download.
Cheers,
Carl.
