[ejenkinsiii]

BASH and using the command line creating files and folders on the command line then launching the desktop to give them something tangible, what ever you you do in the text world can have an effect in the graphics world, my son is six and we use scratch, normally he just wants to draw pictures when he's working with it, but in order to get to scratch he has a few small tasks before he can access the gui like create a work folder etc... to access the desktop "startx". I recall starting with a full court press for him to program, but had to ease up he's 6, 10min explanation allow him to implement the task explained and continue with your fun, at this rate he won't hate it, but will have working knowledge and concepts before we put him in a camp age 8 hopefully.

Funny thing is that he's constantly asking when can we get on the RaspberryPi again.

So the no pressure method is working for him.

1.My apologies for the rant on HN 2.I'm on mobile 3.And this topic hits home