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 <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Devin Jeanpierre > <jeanpierr...@gmail.com> 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 the best I can offer. Good luck! It sounds like you're >> in for a fun time. :) >> >> -- Devin > > Thanks for the link. It looks interesting, but I'm not sure it is the > way to go currently for my son. However, it gives me some ideas for my > wife's class, which covers 7th through 9th grades in a single > classroom. > > There seem to be many, ... , many thoughts on how to best teach > programming to kids! > > I am currently thinking about "Invent Your Own Computer Games with > Python" by Al Sweigart. His thought is to give kids complete, workable > code for a real game and let them fool around with it. This might > work! I did something similar starting out with my son using QBASIC, > giving him a brief program that played music. He seemed to have quite > a lot of fun fooling around with different permutations of the > commands. Later, when I introduced him to some new commands, like > generating random numbers, he combined a number guessing game with his > self-composed musical theme. > > Has anyone experience using this book? > > -- > Cheers! > boB > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Mark :) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
