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Interesting. I have shown my son the Logo turtle, but hopefully this will make even more sense to him. I was looking for a way to expose him to Processing but u
by msg 14y ago
Interesting. I have shown my son the Logo turtle, but hopefully this will make even more sense to him. I was looking for a way to expose him to Processing but unsure where to begin. It's obvious now.
We are home schooling and always looking for new and interesting stuff to do with him.
Thank you, John.
- archon 14y agoThank you for being willing to teach your son programming. I was homeschooled with a programmer for a dad and I guess it just never occurred to him to teach me himself. I discovered programming on my own in late high school, but I would have loved it when I was younger.
- rhizome 14y agoI had a similar experience with a programmer Dad, so you're not alone.
- thaumasiotes 14y agosame
- warfangle 14y agoI had a programmer dad, and was homeschooled. The first thing he did when I asked how I could cheat at the various qbasic games we had (a la game genie) was hand me a Learn Qbasic book. He said I'd know how to cheat once I finished working my way through the book. Eventually I did learn how to cheat, but got bored with it. So I made them harder ;) Sorry yours wasn't the same!
- joelhooks 14y agoWe homeschool, and I've always tried to present my kids with programming concepts. Scratch, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Squeak, and a few others. My oldest has shown intermittent interest, but he's had plenty of exposure. He will definitely be able to say "I started programming when I was 8" - and I assume that when/if he catches the bug, he will know where to look and what/who to ask.