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What is a good age for kids to learn coding?
- catsarebetter 6y agoDepends on the kid and what they want, I think as early as possible b/c I think it's good for young kids to exp. many different things at an early age. Too early may be a problem depending on the kid, if s/he's got a lot of things that take a significant amount of cognitive load day-to-day, then they won't like it b/c it takes a lot of brainpower to learn relative to other kid stuff, and probably stop doing it, b/c ppl tend to gravitate to things that they perceive they're good at and that could hamper their decision making. I started coding sophomore yr in college b/c I didn't have access to technology until then and I think it worked out, I certainly don't feel behind by any means.
- cycomanic 6y agoI got "Moebius Noodles" and "Avoid hard work" for myself and our kids. Both books are focused on playfully teaching kids logical and mathematical thinking and contain several games which introduce functions, algorithms and other programming concepts. My kids were 3 and 5 when we started and really enjoy it. There is a number of tips in both books how to make excercises age appropriate even for toddlers. The main thing to remember, keep it fun and let the kids explore solutions (see recent other discussion on HN)