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Ask HN: An advanced Computer Science curriculum for kids stuck at home?

My two kids (12 and 15) are newly stuck at home, and I'm looking at it as a great opportunity to teach them more computer science than they might learn at school. Both have mastered what Scratch has to offer them, and I'm looking for something more in-depth than what Code.org and Khan Academy have to offer - especially if we might actually be stuck home for a long. In particular, I want them to move beyond the block-oriented programming pedagogy used by Code.org and Scratch. What resources can you recommend that are in-depth and age-appropriate? I'd be open to college-level textbook recommendations.

surre 6y ago
https://csunplugged.org/en/ https://csunplugged.org/en/
jimmySixDOF 6y ago
well code academy has some program they say is for high school kids at home due to school closures - not sure if it fits but you can look: [1] https://pro.codecademy.com/learn-from-home/ https://pro.codecademy.com/learn-from-home/
pdm55 6y ago
Small Basic https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ https://www.kidwaresoftware.com/computerscienceforkidssmallbasicvisualbasiccsharpjavasecularhomeschoolprogrammingtutorials/ https://www.kidwaresoftware.com/computerscienceforkidssmallb... html + javascipt https://www.freecodecamp.org/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/i-completed-the-entire-freecodecamp-curriculum-in-a-month-while-recording-everything/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/i-completed-the-entire-fre...
artemisyna 6y ago
Depending on what you think your kids would be interested, looking through a few university courses might be a good call. Most top CS schools (Stanford, MIT, CMU) have some sort of online lectures. There's also always Udacity/edx as well.
LarryMade2 6y ago
You might try Processing as a language, gives them a platform to experiment with coding with quick audio/visual results: https://processing.org/ https://processing.org/ Another is give them a old PC or laptop with a blanked HDD and a distro disk/usb (or balank medium and instruct them to choose one on distrowatch) and let them a taste of setting up a system.
RNeff 6y ago
Khan Academy has programming classes, including both AP courses. Also look at their Pixar in a Box classes. Free EdX has a bunch of college level CS courses, including several verions of Harvard's CS50 courses. Start with Introduction to CS. Free to audit.
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verroq 6y ago
http://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2020 http://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2020

surre 6y ago

https://csunplugged.org/en/ https://csunplugged.org/en/

jimmySixDOF 6y ago

well code academy has some program they say is for high school kids at home due to school closures - not sure if it fits but you can look: [1] https://pro.codecademy.com/learn-from-home/ https://pro.codecademy.com/learn-from-home/

pdm55 6y ago

Small Basic https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ https://www.kidwaresoftware.com/computerscienceforkidssmallbasicvisualbasiccsharpjavasecularhomeschoolprogrammingtutorials/ https://www.kidwaresoftware.com/computerscienceforkidssmallb... html + javascipt https://www.freecodecamp.org/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/i-completed-the-entire-freecodecamp-curriculum-in-a-month-while-recording-everything/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/i-completed-the-entire-fre...

artemisyna 6y ago

Depending on what you think your kids would be interested, looking through a few university courses might be a good call. Most top CS schools (Stanford, MIT, CMU) have some sort of online lectures. There's also always Udacity/edx as well.

LarryMade2 6y ago

You might try Processing as a language, gives them a platform to experiment with coding with quick audio/visual results: https://processing.org/ https://processing.org/ Another is give them a old PC or laptop with a blanked HDD and a distro disk/usb (or balank medium and instruct them to choose one on distrowatch) and let them a taste of setting up a system.

RNeff 6y ago

Khan Academy has programming classes, including both AP courses. Also look at their Pixar in a Box classes. Free EdX has a bunch of college level CS courses, including several verions of Harvard's CS50 courses. Start with Introduction to CS. Free to audit.

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verroq 6y ago

http://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2020 http://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2020