I think they have their place, and they probably have a lot of evolving left to do, but I think they shouldn't be the sole focus of programming for kids. I hav

I think they have their place, and they probably have a lot of evolving left to do, but I think they shouldn't be the sole focus of programming for kids. I have taught kids as young as eight JavaScript. They really take to it. JavaScript is not an ideal language for teaching beginners, but the availability means you can do it anywhere. I made a little library to provide easy to use functions and start with programs of the sort I would have written in basic when I was young. This is the program I start kids off with http://fingswotidun.com/code/index.php/TinyDraw http://fingswotidun.com/code/index.php/TinyDraw (You can edit and run the code from within the wiki) The etch-a-sketch program is a program kids like playing with and it is small enough that they can look at it and understand how it works.