Teaching python (programming) to children

[GerritM]

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> Yes, it was just about five years ago or so, when my daughter was right
> about that age (and my son was three years older), that I wrote a small
> LOGO-like program in Turbo Pascal. It was interactive. So they could
> give the turtle commands like
> LEFT 90
> MOVE 100
>
> and so forth, and draw little designs on the computer. (Seeing the
> results immediately.)
>
> A few months back, my daughter asked me about "that turtle program" that
> I had let them "play with" and she said she had liked it and would like
> to try it again.
>
> Of course, I don't have Turbo Pascal installed any more, nor do I know
> where that code got to that I wrote. When I suggested *really* learning
> to program, she seemed less interested. (I did get my son going on some
> Python this past summer.) So, for now it appears to be The Sims for
> computer entertainment. :/
>
> --
> Sheila King
> http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
> http://www.k12groups.org/
>
did you have a look at the turtle package in the standard python
distribution? It does all of the "trivial" moves and more. Written by Guido.
I myself have customized it some time ago by making a dutch translation of
the commands.

Regards Gerrit


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