The Raspberry Pi is great fun. You can build a night vision camera, a robot, an advertising black hole, a vpn server. A retro gaming system etc. The Make intro

The Raspberry Pi is great fun. You can build a night vision camera, a robot, an advertising black hole, a vpn server. A retro gaming system etc. The Make introduction to Raspberry Pi book is the cleanest introduction to computers I have ever seen. Sit down with your child, put together an order (let them pick the case and components, buy multiple cards so you can swap projects) come up with a few projects and turn them loose or spend time together working on a project or two. You can’t force interest, but you can share your interests and spend time together. If any of the projects appeal, the interest will be self-sustaining. But if it’s not fun it’ll fall a bit flat.