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OP here, The Thinking Toolbox by Bluedorn is pretty good. The target age starts at 12-13. For me, this is still too advanced for the age range 6-8 I am looki
by tmaly 6y ago
OP here,
The Thinking Toolbox by Bluedorn is pretty good. The target age starts at 12-13.
For me, this is still too advanced for the age range 6-8 I am looking for. The biggest challenge is taking these abstract ideas and making them accessible and interesting to a child.
I taught a few lessons in Scratch programming last year to grades 1-5. Before I conceptualized the lessons, I had listened to the audio book Made to Stick. I found this was helpful in thinking about how I should communicate these abstract ideas about programming to younger kids.
- omarhaneef 6y agoI didn’t understand that you specifically meant how to think about programming. That is a more specific — and therefore more answerable — question. I thought you meant thinking in general from the post.
- tmaly 6y agoI offered Scratch as a specific example, but I think the ideas can be applied in the general.