[sam_goody]

In my mind, all of programming can be reduced to the following 4 concepts.

- variables - conditions - loops - functions

If there was a way to teach those concepts screen-free, even to adults, I would really love to know it.

ThinkFun has a game CodeMaster that teaches loops and conditionals, but my kids found it way to tedious to play. It is better than nothing.

Maybe some HN'er has an idea how to create some game for all these concepts?

(And, if there is any other core concept I am missing, I would love to hear that too.)

[ebcode]

>> (And, if there is any other core concept I am missing, I would love to hear that too.)

When you get into parallel programming, I think you'll need more than just those 4. But I'm not sure what the reduction is. Something akin to forking and joining.

[sam_goody]

Of course! There is another one that is really difficult enough to earn it's own pace on the list:

- naming variables.