#478: When and how to start coding with kids

Talk Python To Me

Do you have kids? Maybe nieces and nephews? Or maybe you work in a school environment? Maybe it's just friend's who know you're a programmer and ask about how they should go about introducing programming concepts with them. Anna-Lena Popkes is back on the show to share her research on when and how to teach kids programming. We spend the second half of the episode talking about concrete apps and toys you might consider for each age group. Plus, some of these things are fun for adults too. ;)
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Links from the show

Anna-Lena: alpopkes.com
Magical universe repo: github.com
Machine learning basics repo: github.com
PyData recording "when and how to start coding with kids": youtube.com
Robots and devices
Bee Bot: terrapinlogo.com
Cubelets: modrobotics.com
BBC Microbit: microbit.org
RaspberryPi: raspberrypi.com
Adafruit Qualia ESP32 for CircuitPython: adafruit.com
Zumi: robolink.com
Board games
Think Fun Robot Turtles Board Game: amazon.com
Visual programming:
Scratch Jr.: scratchjr.org
Scratch: scratch.org
Blocky: google.com
Microbit's Make Code: microbit.org
Code Club: codeclubworld.org
Textual programming
Code Combat: codecombat.com
Hedy: hedycode.com
Anvil: anvil.works
Coding classes / summer camps (US)
Portland Community College Summer Teen Program: pcc.edu
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm
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