The struggle with teaching children programming is very real. I think a major issue is that we're often too quick to jump into abstract concepts without laying

The struggle with teaching children programming is very real. I think a major issue is that we're often too quick to jump into abstract concepts without laying a strong foundation in the basics. In my experience, kids (and adults alike) need to see the concrete, step-by-step process of how a program works before we can start abstracting away. The "what's going on under the hood" questions always come when the program is broken and you need to debug.