Teaching python (programming) to children

[Paul Rubin]

Brian Elmegaard <brian at rk-speed-rugby.dk> writes:
> So, any comments are appreciated, especially on: Are there good reasons
> for advocating python being a language one could teach children
> programming with and are there perspectives in translating python to many
> different languages in order to facilitate this, or will children not be
> ready for learning programming before they have learnt English after all?

The best-known attempts to teach children programming have been with
the Logo language.  See the book Mindstorms, by Seymour Papert.  He
has another book out called "The Children's Machine: Rethinking School
in the Age of the Computer", but I haven't seen it yet.