I think there are other decent choices, but I'm liking Small Basic (from msft) for my home-schooled children: http://smallbasic.com/ http://smallbasic.com/ Th

I think there are other decent choices, but I'm liking Small Basic (from msft) for my home-schooled children: http://smallbasic.com/ http://smallbasic.com/ There's also Scratch from MIT, but the IDE doesn't feel as polished: http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://scratch.mit.edu/ Edit: One of the nice things about Small Basic is that they are also putting together some teacher curriculum and lesson plans. Very helpful, especially for home schoolers: http://www.teachingkidsprogramming.com/ http://www.teachingkidsprogramming.com/ http://computerscienceforkids.com/MicrosoftSmallBasicTutorials.aspx http://computerscienceforkids.com/MicrosoftSmallBasicTutoria... No affiliation with any of these companies or sites.