For the initial lessons, I would use the material at http://codingkata.org/ http://codingkata.org/ (which unfortunately seems to be down at the moment). That s

For the initial lessons, I would use the material at http://codingkata.org/ http://codingkata.org/ (which unfortunately seems to be down at the moment). That should provide a good feel for the basic language constructs, and the essentials of the standard library.