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What's the best way to teach my kid programming. I don't know how. He's interested. He's done well in school with Scratch. He's expressed interest in Python, owns a Thumby, but never gets too far on his own. Instead of a Winter sport, we're leaning towards a Python class, however there's none in person. How can i help my kid embrace his passion and learn this skill which will help him his whole life.

He's got Mu installed and has perused youtube tutorials, but they dont hold his interest. Any help is appreciated. Edit: He's 10.

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[-] nottheengineer@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

A former professor of mine is developing a game called "Joy of programming". It's basically a UE5 simulation that has some scenarios that you need to solve by writing python. It'll be part of the upcoming steam next fest in october, so you can give it a shot there.

A 10 year old won't be able to do it alone, but I think the first few levels are great with a bit of supervision.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Ya this is like doing a science fair project with your kid to help them understand the scientific method. It's a good way to get them motivated to learn since a lot of being educated is really how to teach yourself