Use Python to learn kids (9 yr) to program

"Anders Persson" <anders.u.perssontelia.com> wrote

> So my plan is to use Python, has anyone try to learn
kids this way, 
> and
> could giv som ide how-to.

I meant to mention that SmallTalk also has a good reputation
as
a teaching language with kids in the 10-15 age group. I've
never
tried it, but personally found Smalltalk quite
"challenging" to 
learn...
But then, I was an adult who could already program in more
conventional languages...


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