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Rikudou_Sage Sep 4, 2023

Programming for kids

Programming for kids - Lemmings.world

I’m thinking of starting a local group for kids (8-12 yo) to learn programming using Scratch. Do you have any pointers that I might consider? For reference, I’m a senior developer and architect, the programming part will probably be the easiest of it all.

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Kimusan Sep 4, 2023

Scratch is great but make sure to let them know that they can see the actual code that runs underneath the drag-drop UI.

I can also recommend hourofcode.com where there are a ton of good tutorials ranging from scratch-level coding in a game setup (e.g. minecraft) to actual coding in python.

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Rikudou_Sage

Thanks, I’ll check it out!