Programs/Games/Websites for a 7 year old to start learning how to code

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	Programs/Games/Websites for a 7 year old to start learning how to code
	3 points by seoulbran 2197 days ago
	I have a 7 yr old boy that has a real interest in technology. He's keen to learn how to program. Have you seen a great learning program/game/platform that I can use to get him introduced to the core concepts? Thank you!

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For a seven-year-old? MIT's Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/

Once they are comfortable with scratch you can get them a Raspberry Pi and develop hardware-software projects depending on their interest.

Knowing Scratch also helps to get them into game development.

Lastly, after getting Scratch you can get the kid a Lego Mindstorms kit and build robots, musical intruments, etc.

Awesome. Was just told that Lego Mindstorms is the way to go as well. I'll start with scratch and we'll go from there. Thank you!

I second Scratch. My daughter and I have been using it since 5.

I taught a quick intro course to it at her school in December. Here are the intro lessons I taught