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## Teaching Kids Programming



The goal of this document is to collect resources for teaching kids programming.



This document aims to:



1. Be a resource for someone who desires to teach kids (or anyone, really) programming

2. To serve as a reference of prior art in preparation for a new curriculum



* WIP: please send suggestions to [@eigenjoy](https://twitter.com/eigenjoy) or [open a GitHub issue](https://github.com/jashmenn/bitcoin-reading-list/issues)



### Soapbox



There are many attempts to provide structure for kids who want to learn programming, but my experience is that there generally isn't a good curriculum to send someone who wants to teach a child how to program.



The core issue, I believe, is that almost all of these resources:



* progress through concepts too quickly 

* assume a parent / teacher present that already knows how to program



Visual programming only helps with syntax - the logic is just as difficult. A useful teaching tool will teach the mental models and concepts along with the actual programming.



Another trend I'm noticing is that all of my nephews/nieces (age 8-15) want to build *games* for their *phone*. All of them have iPhones and none of them have $99 for developer tools.



### Mobile Apps

#### Programming

* [Hopscotch](https://www.gethopscotch.com/) `iOS`

* [ScratchJr](http://scratchjr.org/) `iOS`



#### Logic and Conceptual

* [Cargo-Bot](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cargo-bot/id519690804?mt=8) `iOS`

* [Move the Turtle](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/move-turtle.-programming-for/id509013878?mt=8) `iOS`

* [Bee-Bot](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bee-bot/id500131639?mt=8) `iOS`

* [Kodable](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kodable/id577673067?mt=8) `iOS`



### Interactive Programming Teaching

* [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/cs)

* [Codecademy](http://www.codecademy.com/)

* [CodeCombat](https://codecombat.com/)



### Pre-programming Concepts

* [Robot Turtles: Physical board game for little programmers](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danshapiro/robot-turtles-the-board-game-for-little-programmer)

* [Primo - Teaching programming logic to children age 4 to 7](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1039674461/primo-teaching-programming-logic-to-children-age-4)

* [Light-Bot 2 Online Flash Game](http://armorgames.com/play/6061/light-bot-20/)



### Game Creation Frameworks

#### Web Based Editors

* [Play My Code](http://www.playmycode.com/)

* [Kodu Game Lab](http://www.kodugamelab.com/)

* [Tynker](http://www.tynker.com/)

* [jsdares](http://jsdares.com/)



#### Visual Programming

* [Stencyl](http://www.stencyl.com/) `Mac`



#### Traditional Environment

* [Scirra Construct 2](https://www.scirra.com/construct2)

* [Phaser](http://phaser.io/)

* [Kiwi.js](http://www.kiwijs.org/)

* [Quintus](http://html5quintus.com/)

* [LimeJS](http://www.limejs.com/)

* [ImpactJS](http://impactjs.com/)

* [GameClosure](http://www.gameclosure.com/)

* [CreateJS](http://createjs.com/#!/CreateJS)



### Programming Environments

* [Scratch](http://scratch.mit.edu/)

* [Hackety Hack](http://hackety.com/)

* [Kids Ruby](http://www.kidsruby.com/)

* [Alice](http://www.alice.org/index.php)

* [Greenfoot](http://www.greenfoot.org/door)



### Robotics

* [Lego Mindstorms](http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/)



### Web Development

* [Dash](https://dash.generalassemb.ly/)



### Logo-like

* [Turtle Academy](http://turtleacademy.com/) `Web`

* [ASCLogo](http://www.alancsmith.co.uk/) `Mac`

* [Kojo](http://www.kogics.net/sf:kojo) `Desktop Java`



### Programs and Schools

* [CodeNow](http://codenow.org/)

* [CodeHS](http://www.codehs.com/)



### Books

* [Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games ](http://www.amazon.com/Super-Scratch-Programming-Adventure-Program/dp/1593274092/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z)

* [Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python](http://www.amazon.com/Invent-Computer-Games-Python-Edition/dp/0982106017/)

* [Land of Lisp](http://landoflisp.com/)

* [Python for Kids](http://www.amazon.com/Python-Kids-Playful-Introduction-Programming/dp/1593274076)

* [Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners](http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495)

* [Learn to Program Ruby](http://www.amazon.com/Program-Second-Edition-Facets-Series/dp/1934356360/)



### Minecraft

* [ScriptCraft: Building cool things using Javascript in Minecraft](http://walterhiggins.net/blog/ScriptCraft) [official website](http://scriptcraftjs.org/) (Higgins)



### Programming Games

* [FightCode: program javascript virtual robots](http://fightcodegame.com/)

* [Nessbots: a robot coding game. 3d tanks](http://www.nessbots.com/welcome/)

* [RoboCode: build battle robots. 2d tanks](http://robocode.sourceforge.net/)

* [Code And Conquer](http://codeandconquer.co/)