Computer Programming Languages For Kids

How Computer Programming Languages for Kids Have Evolved and Where They're Going

June [Head of Community and Education at Wonder Workshop] | May 16, 2016

With the President’s recent #CSforall initiative and an increasing focus on STEM, all signs point to the need to establish standards and best practices for teaching computer science to young children. The consensus in the industry is that the best way to introduce computer science and computational thinking to young children is through visual programming languages. Get rid of painstaking syntax to give kids flexibility and control of software at a young age.

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<more at http://blog.makewonder.com/evolution-programming-for-kids/; related links and articles: https://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/K12Standards.html (CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards [Computer Science Teachers Association]. 2014) and http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teach-kids-coding-resources-parents-matt-davis (Teach Your Kids to Code: 6 Beginner's Resources for Parents. Updated July 13, 2016)>