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I suggest checking out this talk at Nashville's Barcamp '09. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2370164 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2370164 Christopher did a good job talking about his approach to teaching a group of kids how to game. Syntax isn't as important at first - if you get them hooked on something simple like processing (http://processing.org/ http://processing.org/), then they will learn syntax later. Most kids just want to see results as quickly as possible.