Re:Resources to encourage children to learn to code
by jvvw on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:48AM
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You can use the Scratch website on a Chromebook assuming that the school hasn't blocked it. I'd recommend using the website and not installing the desktop version. We use Chromebooks at the Code Club at our local library.
I would definitely let the child 'drive' and I would possibly sit nearby at the start but very much take a back seat as much as possible. I haven't investigated it properly myself yet, but in your situation I would look at Code Club World: https://codeclubworld.org/
At the Code Club we used these resources: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub though it depends how good your child is at reading. We start Code Club with 8 year olds I think for that reason as well as the ability to follow instructions semi-independently, but some younger children are fine and if they have one-to-one help that sort of thing is less of an issue.
I would definitely let the child 'drive' and I would possibly sit nearby at the start but very much take a back seat as much as possible. I haven't investigated it properly myself yet, but in your situation I would look at Code Club World: https://codeclubworld.org/
At the Code Club we used these resources: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub though it depends how good your child is at reading. We start Code Club with 8 year olds I think for that reason as well as the ability to follow instructions semi-independently, but some younger children are fine and if they have one-to-one help that sort of thing is less of an issue.