No discussion of programming for kids would be complete without mention of 
Turtle Academy (http://turtleacademy.com/).

Granted, Logo is better for 7-9 than 9-13, but it's also a great fun quickstart 
for procedural programming.

On 07/10/2013 07:20 PM, Simon Chatfield wrote:
> 
> Code.org I've got my Two boys 10&13 doing the same thing.
> 
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> On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:12 PM, AZ Pete <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> While my two boys (ages 9 & 13) are at home for the summer I currently keep 
>> them active by giving them fun math and science projects. 
>>
>> I had the idea to have them become more familiar with basic programming 
>> concepts and perhaps be able to write                           the 
>> proverbial "hello world" program.
>> I believe that programming (of any kind) is a required, core competency 
>> skill required for any kind of work in the 21st century, whether that work 
>> is in the tech industry or not.
>>
>> Does anyone know of some resources for simple and fun programming projects 
>> for kids.  I don't particularly care about which language, but we are on 
>> Windows platform.  
>>
>> Any ideas would appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
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