I’m thinking of starting a local group for kids (8-12 yo) to learn programming using Scratch.

Do you have any pointers that I might consider?

For reference, I’m a senior developer and architect, the programming part will probably be the easiest of it all.

  • dracsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There’s a bunch of great programming games available on Steam. A lot of them start pretty basic, so might be useful for teaching the basics and driving interest.

      • dracsEnglish
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        1 year ago

        7 Billion Humans and Human Resources Machine (same developer) are probably the most kid friendly ones I’ve played. TIS-100 I found quite fun, but it’s assembly like programming which might be a hard starting point for kids. Zachtronics also make some good games, but the ones I’ve played are more programming games masquerading as something else E.g. chemistry with SpaceChem.

        • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          I played the first two you mentioned, definitely not kids friendly. The bonus level with prime numbers was something else.

          I’ll check the other ones.