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Re:Ask HN: Best resources to teach a 6-year old to program by codycraven on Monday June 12, 2017 @03:08AM (#14535583)
Have super low expectations. I did the same thing with my daughter when she was 6. Got her going on some really basic programming and typing programs. She picked up the UI manipulation well and has gotten decent at typing but hasn't grokked logic flows yet.

Just recently she got a Lego Mindstorms ev3 and the lightbulb just went on when she was using the PC program to program her robot.

So really, just have patience, introduce things to front load but he won't catch on until he's intrinsically motivated at the right time.

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Re:Ask HN: Best resources to teach a 6-year old to program by bioinformatics on Monday June 12, 2017 @01:11PM (#14538893)
Yes, I have low expectations, but my main early goals is for him to get used to keyboard and mouse, and maybe understand how things are working.

Thanks for your comment.

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