On 08 Nov 2010, at 17:36, Michael Torrie wrote: > When I was very young (single digits) I learned Logo. It was fun > because it was so interactive. Logo may yet still be useful for a > learning language. Python even has a turtle you can import that brings > some logo-like functionality to python. Certainly Python isn't that > hard for kids either (google snake wrangling for kids). > > Basically any language that has simple I/O (ie print and input of some > kind, no java-style object stuff), I think kids could really get into. > QuickBASIC was quite ideal for this back in the day because the IDE was > quite nice for the day and very interactive. >
I have given my kid some fun logic games like Fantastic Contraption, but I just found another that is completely geared toward programming. Very cool. Thought I would share for anyone else with kids. Or if they just want to have fun and test their own logic skills. http://armorgames.com/play/2205/light-bot /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
