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Re:Ask HN: What Programming Languages/Tools I use to teach a... by edent on Tuesday January 08, 2013 @07:39AM (#5025923)
Scratch. http://scratch.mit.edu/

It's perfect for teaching the very basics of computing while working towards a fun goal - creating a simple game.

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Re:Ask HN: What Programming Languages/Tools I use to teach a... by Rain_maker on Tuesday January 08, 2013 @07:49AM (#5025955)
Fantastic! Exactly what i was looking for..
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Re:Ask HN: What Programming Languages/Tools I use to teach a... by UnoriginalGuy on Tuesday January 08, 2013 @10:59AM (#5026776)
I believe MIT's Scratch also ships on the Raspberry PI. So if you wanted you could give him his own little computer with the software on it.
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