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Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
From: Simon Brunning <simon.brunn...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:38:32 +0000
Local: Thurs, Mar 24 2005 9:38 am
Subject: Re: Python for a 10-14 years old?
On 23 Mar 2005 21:03:04 -0800, tn...@yahoo.com <tn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there something out there like "Python for kids" which would explain I don't know about kid's tutorials, but I can recommend that you try > *basic* programming concepts in a way which is accessible and > entertaining for kids aged 10-14 (that about where her brain is right > now) and which would allow them to "play around" and have fun solving > small problems? the turtle module. It's great for kids. It gives really good immediate feedback, You can start out using it interactively: >>> import turtle Then you can put this into a script, and run that. Then you might >>> turtle.forward(100) >>> turtle.left(90) >>> turtle.forward(100) >>> turtle.left(90) >>> turtle.forward(100) >>> turtle.left(90) >>> turtle.forward(100) >>> turtle.left(90) introduce loops: import turtle for i in range(4): Then build some simple functions, like 'square': def square(): square() Then add arguments to your functions: def square(size): square(100) And so on. At each stage, you can see what's happening. -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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