Our four kids have now spent over two years with Dash and we still haven’t seen a better, more well-rounded robot to teach coding and robotics to young kids. This little blue trike is friendly, rugged, intuitive, and expandable. He has a ton of free apps and paid accessories that …
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If your child is already old enough to play with complex LEGO sets and is ready to go deeper, you can stop reading right now and buy LEGO Boost. It’s. That. Good. The set combines real programming skills with fantastic interactive robots so that kids will enjoy learning the foundations …
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Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (hereafter just Invent with Python), by Al Sweigart, now in its fourth edition, is the book that started it all for teaching kids “real” programming. The text has been updated over the years and recently changed publishers, but the core elements of iterative …
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Teach Your Kids to Code, by Dr. Bryson Payne, is an excellent introduction to Python. The author provides thorough explanations and successfully weaves together examples and narrative so that you’re immediately applying the skills you learn through the text. Overall, Teach Your Kids to Code is a fantastic choice for …
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Python for Kids, by Jason R. Briggs, fulfills its subtitular promise of being a fun, playful way to get kids acquainted with programming. The colorful graphics, silly code segments, and no-experience-required approach make this book helpful for older kids and teenagers who have some typing skills and understand Jr. High …
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