Coding for Kids : 3 Books in 1: Programming for Beginners: How to Learn: Coding Skills, Create a Game, Programming in Python, and Working with Popular Apps in Less Than 72 Hours by Damon Sean

Author:Damon , Sean [Damon , Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2021-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER 7:

Pre-Schoolers Offline Coding

N owadays, it feels like babies are born with the ability to work a computer. Indeed, my youngest child was able to download apps and play them by himself by the age of about two and a half, simply by watching his older brother and copying what he did on his tablet.

However, I wouldn’t recommend sitting a child as young as two or three down in front of a computer to teach them a computer programming language and expect them to pick it up. Indeed, even with older children, it is far better to learn the basics in a way that is hands-on. In fact, you don’t even need a computer to teach children the basics of coding. I know, it sounds crazy, right? Offline coding allows children to explore the concepts in a way that is fun and allows them to process it in their own way, relating them to real-life experiences.

Another benefit of offline coding is that you can add these experiences into their everyday lives or in a school setting. They can be an added dimension to, say, a mathematics or English lesson.

Offline coding can get a child interested in computer programming that may not otherwise want to sit in front of a computer and look at jargon for hours on end.

Plus, there’s no guilt about how much time children spend in front of a computer, which means you can add in coding experiences more regularly during the day or week, and children don’t even have to know that they are learning coding unless you wish to tell them.

Pre-Schoolers

I will add in a note about pre-schoolers here because even though parents often say they aren’t going to let their toddlers use computers or tablets, there is no denying that some of these products are becoming geared toward this age group. I’m not going to go into the pros and cons of it or start a debate about whether a two-year-old should be bought a tablet or not, but I do believe there are benefits if they are used in moderation.

While I didn’t grow up with a computer in my hand, I feel that my children’s generation is being brought up that way and that it does benefit them to know how to use computers; the future is becoming more and more technology-based and, therefore, their generation is going to be engrossed in it.

Computers weren’t really used when I was a child, so as a teenager we were taught the very basics, such as how to turn the computer on, open Word Documents or set up a spreadsheet, and so on. While this may still be taught in ICT lessons, I think the presumption is that most children understand how to turn on a computer and open a program. Tablets are becoming more common in classroom settings, and I can only presume that eventually it will be

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