Mine are 8 and 10 and it's hard. They are playing a lot of Minecraft at the moment, and I feel that has really got them into the time of mindset that you descri

Mine are 8 and 10 and it's hard. They are playing a lot of Minecraft at the moment, and I feel that has really got them into the time of mindset that you describe as a child, making things incredible things out of redstone, more than the programming I have done with them. They do watch lots of videos about minecraft but it is those video that have inspired them to build things and try them. In terms of programming, Scratch is the de facto way of introducing programming these days. It has its pros and cons, but has a lot going for it. Microbits are fun too. Times are different though, and it is hard often to separate time spent creating vs time spent consuming.