On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Robert Sjoblom
wrote:
> "Snake wrangling for kids" is pretty good for teaching Python; it's
> also free (which is a bonus):
> http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html
>
Thanks everyone for all of the good suggestions! After spending most
of the day
On 05/20/2012 09:07 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
This is, in a sense, a related question to the ones I just posted.
While observing me studying programming, my son has become interested
in learning how to program as well. I have given him a very old
Gateway PC to play around with. It was new when W95 cam
On 20/05/12 21:07, boB Stepp wrote:
This is, in a sense, a related question to the ones I just posted.
While observing me studying programming, my son has become interested
in learning how to program as well.
While its possible to write good code in QBASIC it's much easier to
learn a lot of ba
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Mark Lybrand wrote:
> Have you considered this book:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495
>
> Mark
[snip]
Another great book I really enjoyed it;
http://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Absolute-Beginner-Edition/dp/143
>> I am currently thinking about "Invent Your Own Computer Games with
>> Python" by Al Sweigart.
[snip]
>> Has anyone experience using this book?
"Snake wrangling for kids" is pretty good for teaching Python; it's
also free (which is a bonus):
http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html
Have you considered this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495
Mark
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:41 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Devin Jeanpierre
> wrote:
>> I've heard remarkable things about http://www.programbydesign.org
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Devin Jeanpierre
wrote:
> I've heard remarkable things about http://www.programbydesign.org/ ,
> but it's aimed at students a little older. Its design might help you;
> although, it also probably depends on motivation / what you want to
> teach.
>
> Anyway, that's
I've heard remarkable things about http://www.programbydesign.org/ ,
but it's aimed at students a little older. Its design might help you;
although, it also probably depends on motivation / what you want to
teach.
Anyway, that's the best I can offer. Good luck! It sounds like you're
in for a fun t
This is, in a sense, a related question to the ones I just posted.
While observing me studying programming, my son has become interested
in learning how to program as well. I have given him a very old
Gateway PC to play around with. It was new when W95 came out. I have
started him out with QBASIC,
