Another thing Steve Jobs talked about was how programming teaches you how to think. That’s usually my first thought when thinking about showing kids programming

Another thing Steve Jobs talked about was how programming teaches you how to think. That’s usually my first thought when thinking about showing kids programming. I think about the PB&J demo a lot. For the magic, maybe have a button that spits out a ready to eat sandwich (this can be faked). But then you could go through the demo of having all the ingredients and let them tell you what to do, while you take them completely literally and butcher it horribly. This is generally pretty engaging and funny for kids. Then you can make the link from the logic behind the scenes to the magic on the front end. I’m not sure of that’s too abstract for 3rd grade, but that would be my idea. You probably need to find something that isn’t PB&J, considering the peanut allergies these days.