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Depends on the age. For ages 10+ the Android SDK is a pretty awesome "learning" app, and it's free.

• ComputerGuru 14y ago
  He never said "learning to program" app. Just learning apps in general.
• Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
  The SDK is for Windows / Mac / Linux. Is he buying them a PC too?
  • padobson 14y ago
    Terminal IDE allows Android development on Android devices: http://www.spartacusrex.com/terminalide.htm http://www.spartacusrex.com/terminalide.htm
  • lukeschlather 14y ago
    If you really want something that only requires the device, the Android Scripting Environment is pretty awesome, and it comes with a dozen examples for things like controlling Android's speech synthesizer which a kid could have a lot of fun playing around with. http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/ http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
    • BitMastro 14y ago
      AIDE as well gives you a complete IDE on the device https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui
• taligent 14y ago
  Sorry. You propose teaching your child how to learn using Java and one of the worst SDKs for a long time ?
  • randallu 14y ago
    Hey, some people learned programming with BASIC on Z80...
    • taligent 14y ago
      I am not opposed at all to children learning to program. Just that there are much better choices than Java/Android SDK.
      • BitMastro 14y ago
        It depends on what are your preferences, choose what you like.