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Does he even know fractions yet? It sounds like you're setting him up to hate programming.

• DamnYuppie 9y ago
  why do you need to know fractions to program? There is a myriad of things that can be accomplished without knowing fractions. It is more important that they have a grasp of logic and cause and effect. And or just a curiosity as to how things work, if I do x then I get y.
  • danjoc 9y ago
    >why do you need to know fractions to program? Try explaining a float to him if he doesn't understand division. You're pushing rope. The kid will learn programming, if he's interested in it, when he's ready.
    • timthorn 9y ago
      Not all languages have the distinction between floats and ints. A whole generation grew up on BASIC!
    • Jemmeh 9y ago
      You don't need to start that advanced, they can learn concepts and simple things like HTML easily.
• subhashp 9y ago
  Fractions have been thought. But, I understand what you are saying and will cover basic stuff. e.g. Print, variables, loops and so on.