Why give children a book about programming when you can let them write programs instead? Every kindergartner can program a storyline in ScratchJr before they ca

Why give children a book about programming when you can let them write programs instead? Every kindergartner can program a storyline in ScratchJr before they can learn how to read. I am speaking as a dad who went through this. Books are much better for learning to read and learning to like reading, because good books for kids are just fun.