On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Vigneshwaran <vigneshwaran2...@gmail.com>wrote:
> And I don't think (many people lest) a 6 year old can be fascinated by the > pleasure of coding. She just might be fascinated by what's happening in the > screen. > > I would say it depends on what you would call `coding`. Well I remember incredible fascination when a 3 line BASIC program could generate multiplication tables. I was 10 then and it was on a Spectrum ZX computer connected to the TV. What got me even more excited was assigning a sound note to each key. ...and I assume a 6 year old today is way more informed/exposed/intelligent than a 10 year old 25 years back :) > > Instead of teaching a kid to write a+b program in BASIC, give her a tablet > or PC with kids apps that does the same thing in a kid-friendly way. :-) > a+b is what the calculator does for her. I am sure printing her name or her friend's name 10000 times on the screen is way more interesting. And as a general reply, I am NOT trying to force my kid to do anything. I have a feeling she might be good at it. So I want to gauge her interest and if she likes it, I would provide the tools for her to pursue it. ...Before the school curriculum in computing can spoil it forever. Regards, Arun http://wondroussky.blogspot.in/ "கற்றது கைமண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு" - ஔவையார் Known is a drop, Unknown is an ocean _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
