Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-26 Thread Aahz
In article , Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > >My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good >choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I thought >it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems for her, >stuff that she could code herself maybe after

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-02 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2010-11-01, Martin v. Loewis wrote: >> My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good >> choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I >> thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems >> for her, stuff that she could code herself maybe

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-02 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
>> Hi folks, >> >> My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good >> choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I >> thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems >> for her, stuff that she could code herself maybe after some initial >> h

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-02 Thread Jonathan Hartley
On Nov 1, 8:31 pm, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > Hi folks, > > My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good > choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I > thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems > for her, stuff that she could cod

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Gary Herron
On 11/01/2010 01:31 PM, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: Hi folks, My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems for her, stuff that she could code her

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 11/1/2010 2:48 PM Martin v. Loewis said... My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems for her, stuff that she could code herself maybe aft

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <4ccf3595.2060...@v.loewis.de>, Martin v. Loewis wrote: > Take a look at the turtle demos. Are turtle graphics still enough to hold the kids’ interest these days? I’ve been visiting a local Computer Clubhouse, and it seems like they mostly spend their time in Google SketchUp and Phot

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Martin v. Loewis
> My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good > choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I > thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems > for her, stuff that she could code herself maybe after some initial > help. I think anythin

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
Daniel Fetchinson writes: > Hi folks, > > My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good > choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I > thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems > for her, stuff that she could code herself maybe a

Re: playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Dirk Nachbar
This is in JS but have a look here http://github.com/ryanmcgrath/splash On 1 Nov, 20:31, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > Hi folks, > > My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good > choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I > thought it would be good to have

playful coding problems for 10 year olds

2010-11-01 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
Hi folks, My niece is interested in programming and python looks like a good choice (she already wrote a couple of lines :)) She is 10 and I thought it would be good to have a bunch of playful coding problems for her, stuff that she could code herself maybe after some initial help. Do you guys kn