Model out games on paper. Graph paper. Give them crayons and markers. Tape up a board game out of construction paper and cardboard. Glue stuff to popsicle stic

Model out games on paper. Graph paper. Give them crayons and markers. Tape up a board game out of construction paper and cardboard. Glue stuff to popsicle sticks. Create adhoc, six-sided dice. Use a firewall to block sites. Programming is modeling abstractions. Don't need a computer for that. Stepwise refinement, encapsulation, and problem decomposition can all be demonstrated without a machine. Model a linked list with a stages in a game (on paper). A graph is just a path of streets to the ice cream shop. A tree is an upside-down version of the one outside. Teach them to make something out of nothing, first principles. Read with them.