Re: [HackerspaceSG] Curiosity-fuel for protogeeks (thread moved from Open Frog)

[Martin Bähr]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 08:51:50PM -0700, Hugh Mason wrote:
> My 6yo son is just getting into geekstuff. This seems to me a Good Thing.
>
> Ray at LSM passed me this link to Ruby4kids <http://ruby4kids.com/ruby4kids>,
> which is great, but I think it might be a couple of years ahead of him.
> Would appreciate any other links to stuff for younger kids

check out sugar at sugarlabs.org a linux distribution developbed for the
OLPC project targeting primary school.
they have lots of activities at activities.sugarlabs.org

if you are specifically looking for programming stuff, try turtle
graphics (many different implementations available), scratch and
etoys. they are available seperately but also also included in sugar.

my favourite is etoys because it allows transition into real programming
in smalltalk at any point (whenever he is ready for that :-)

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[Harish Pillay]

Hugh -

> My 6yo son is just getting into geekstuff. This seems to me a Good Thing.
>
> Ray at LSM passed me this link to Ruby4kids <http://ruby4kids.com/ruby4kids>,
> which is great, but I think it might be a couple of years ahead of him.
> Would appreciate any other links to stuff for younger kids

do also check out scratch (scratch.mit.edu) which offers a good way
to introduce kids to programming without worrying about syntax.

this is the platform that has been used in the junior category of the
programming contest code::XtremeApps that was just concluded
last month.

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[JoshuaNair]

Hi,

I'm think the processing visual language is an easy and visual way to teach code. Its apparently v easy and comes with its own simplified toolset.
I think that integrating visuals with code helps use different parts of the brain for kids as their development progresses at different speeds in different areas.

http://www.processing.org/

Unfortunately i haven't had the chance to spend too much time with the language. Do let me know if you're interested hugh.

Josh