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laurent laffont

[OT] Pharo and children

Hi,

my son will soon have 7 years old and starts to show interest in how all these things move on screen. I wonder what are your cool ways to teach programming with instant fun for kids.

Any experience ?

Cheers,

Laurent Laffont - @lolgzs

Blog: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/

Developer group: http://www.cara74.org

Pharo Smalltalk Screencasts: http://www.pharocasts.com/
Pharo web deployment: http://www.alpha.smallharbour.org

Damien Cassou

Re: [OT] Pharo and children

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, laurent laffont
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> my son will soon have 7 years old and starts to show interest in how all
> these things move on screen. I wonder what are your cool ways to teach
> programming with instant fun for kids.

Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots

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Damien Cassou
http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st

"Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them
popular by not having them." James Iry

blake watson

Re: [OT] Pharo and children

In reply to this post by laurent laffont

I used Prof. Steph's Robots book with my 9 year old.

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:53 AM, laurent laffont <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

my son will soon have 7 years old and starts to show interest in how all these things move on screen. I wonder what are your cool ways to teach programming with instant fun for kids.

Any experience ?

Cheers,

Laurent Laffont - @lolgzs

Blog: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/
Developer group: http://www.cara74.org
Pharo Smalltalk Screencasts: http://www.pharocasts.com/
Pharo web deployment: http://www.alpha.smallharbour.org

laurent laffont

Re: [OT] Pharo and children

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On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Damien Cassou <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, laurent laffont
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> my son will soon have 7 years old and starts to show interest in how all
> these things move on screen. I wonder what are your cool ways to teach
> programming with instant fun for kids.

Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots

oh I forgot this one. Just ordered :)

Laurent

--
Damien Cassou
http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st

"Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them
popular by not having them." James Iry

Stéphane Ducasse

Re: [OT] Pharo and children

In reply to this post by laurent laffont

have a look at "cs unplugged" there is french version.

Stef
On Dec 22, 2011, at 6:53 PM, laurent laffont wrote:

> Hi,
>
> my son will soon have 7 years old and starts to show interest in how all these things move on screen. I wonder what are your cool ways to teach programming with instant fun for kids.
>
> Any experience ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Laurent Laffont - @lolgzs
>
> Blog: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/
> Developer group: http://www.cara74.org
> Pharo Smalltalk Screencasts: http://www.pharocasts.com/
> Pharo web deployment: http://www.alpha.smallharbour.org