Hi SiteshwarThanks for your post and I received another helpful one offlist too, lots to work with.
I think these are all good suggestions but I think I will start with fish and then move towards these other options.
Thanks again to all On 01/24/2016 01:16 PM, Siteshwar wrote:
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Patrick <patr...@spellingbeewinnars.org <mailto:patr...@spellingbeewinnars.org>> wrote:Hi Diego, Hi Glenn He will turn 10 soon. He has a severe disability but is quite good with computers and could type the whole alphabet, compensating for uppercase/lowercase at 18 months of age.I would suggest to start with Squeak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeak> and Etoys <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoys_%28programming_language%29>. There is a talk by Alan Kay at Ted <https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_kay_shares_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas?language=en#t-955241> which has a brief demo of it. From what I understand, kids can do some real learning with it.I thought I could start with some custom commands to launch videos/webpages he like. I was thinking we could explore the math command to tinker with math and I could introduce him to some custom commands that take an argument or two. Scratch might work, I considered this in the past and then forgot about it. The thing is with fish I could write commands that would better suit his interests. I have been writing an assisted speech device for him and his sister for sometime. I have failed many times but right now i am looking at a Javascript/HTML5 to emit words on clicks and a text user interface for a more complicated application to emit full sentences with proper grammar. Thanks-Patrick On 01/24/2016 10:11 AM, Diego Zamboni wrote:You don't say how old your son is, but I'd go for the tutorials at code.org <http://code.org> or Scratch (scratch.mit.edu <http://scratch.mit.edu>), which are far more structured, visual and geared for kids. My 7- and 9-year olds love them. --Diego On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Patrick <patr...@spellingbeewinnars.org> <mailto:patr...@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote: Hi ! I thinking of introducing programming to my son. I am reading javascript for kids but it seems to me that many of these concepts would be easier in fish and a shell might be an even easier place to tinker than a browser/text editor. I am looking for the lowest barrier to entry. What do you think? -Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users -- Regards, Siteshwar
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