So, for his programming learning experience, as a first step, I decided to let my son « play » with Scratch: I just showed him how to launch it, and how to drag a component into the script area.
Then I handed him the « Getting started » document I had printed and left the room. That was a full success! He loved it!
When I came back, he had gone successfully through the whole exercise and had started to add hand-drawn objects (nice fish!) and variations of scripts.
After that, we went through the « Reference Guide »; most parts he had found out by himself, but still learned a few more tricks. Which he applied in a new « project » of his, started from nothing…
Then came frustration: « I want to learn more, I want more exercises! ». So I looked for more tutorials and provided him with those 2 (in French):
* http://rcx-storm.org/Apprendre-a-programmer-en-creant
* http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/tutoriel-scratch-th%C3%A9s%C3%A9e-et-le-minotaure
Let’s see if he likes them…
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