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by brudgers 928 days ago
The best tools for your child are the tools you use together.

Your child can learn programming when they are fourteen or fifty-four.

They can only spend their childhood with you right now.

And you with them.

They are interested in what you do because they are interested in you. Put them on your lap and pair program...

OK so there's a tool, pair programming.

Good luck.
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cacois 928 days ago
Ya that's exactly what we've done a bit of. She's interested in what I do, and its something I enjoy so she enjoys doing it with me. However, she's just learning to read so the page full of text and syntax is too much for her to really grok. This is why I was looking at other systems so maybe we can play together and create computer programs in a more visual arena.
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brudgers 928 days ago
Randy Pausch's Alice: http://www.alice.org/

Randy Paush's Last Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&vl=en

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cacois 928 days ago
Oh wow, I had no idea Randy Pausch had created such a system. I still remember seeing him lecture at CMU. I will take a deep look at this, thank you!
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