Re:Ask HN: How to best teach a group of children how to code?
by hywel on Friday January 27, 2017 @10:48AM
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Hey, you should try this book which Scholastic published www.goodreads.com/book/show/28232614-coding-unlocked#other_reviews
It's available as an ebook as well as in paper. Short pitch: don't just learn to code by typing out existing code, learn how to think algorithmically and write your own code instead. Learn Scratch and Python side by side, seeing the same Computer Science concept in one and then the other. As well as the reviews, I've heard great anecdotal feedback.
Full disclosure: I wrote it. If I could get you a discount, I would, but I don't have that kind of sway with the publisher.
It's available as an ebook as well as in paper. Short pitch: don't just learn to code by typing out existing code, learn how to think algorithmically and write your own code instead. Learn Scratch and Python side by side, seeing the same Computer Science concept in one and then the other. As well as the reviews, I've heard great anecdotal feedback.
Full disclosure: I wrote it. If I could get you a discount, I would, but I don't have that kind of sway with the publisher.