[elliekelly]

If you have an iPad Apple has “Swift Playgrounds” — I think there are three “levels” — and they’re more or less a game that teaches you the basics of programming. Things like variables and for loops and objects and properties. It’s cute and simple and definitely geared towards kids but a surprisingly comprehensive introduction to coding.

[hackerbabz]

I tried that with my 10 year old and it wasn’t very fun or instructive. It teaches them about loops and functions, but it’s a lot easier to just brute force the mazes and there’s no incentive not to.