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I’ve only seen it from the sidelines, but our 7 y.o. was introduced to it through an activity with Girl Scouts last year. We went through a number of lessons v
by davely 3y ago
I’ve only seen it from the sidelines, but our 7 y.o. was introduced to it through an activity with Girl Scouts last year.
We went through a number of lessons via a website (which escapes me right more) and she was really into it. So much so, that we ended up downloading Scratch Junior and let her run free with it.
She uses it to make little interactive stories, with movement, audio recordings and the like. It’s pretty neat!
Now, whether that translates into her having more interest: I’m not sure. Her eyes kind of glaze over when she sees a wall of code on my screen when working from home.
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Side note: There is a board game called Robot Turtles that is supposedly good at teaching very basic programming concepts to kiddos, but she has had very little interest in ever playing it.
- Mezzie 3y agoTry web dev or game mods - when I was her age that was what I did and a lot of the joy was making something that I could immediately 'see' worked or not and interact with + that other people could use and talk to me about.
- davely 3y agoHah, I’m a web developer myself and that is exactly why I enjoy it so much! Immediate feedback based on what you’re coding. It’s kind of a fun little loop.
- Mezzie 3y agoIt's so true. I'm working on a project with a friend that's going to involve back end and I was like 'this is BS where's my immediate dopamine I do front-end for a reason'.
- justanothersys 3y agothis is what i'm designing aesthetic.computer for!