a***@ntu.edu.sg
2008-03-26 04:40:19 UTC
Hi,
My oldest child is 6 going on 7. I was wondering what would be some
good and free things I could do with my child to give her a better
grasp of computing concepts without boring her.
What we've done so far:
Allowed her to use MS Paint to draw things
Given her MSW Logo and have her traverse bitmapped mazes with FD x RT
90/LT 90.
I'm thinking of having her do tower of hanoi next, but after that, I'm
not sure what else would be useful.
I've checked out Scratch, but I think true programming is sort of out
of the question right now. She doesn't even know what multiplication
is, much less division. I could probably introduce her to a text-
based form of BASIC, but after 10 Print "Hello" 20 goto 10, I'm not
sure what else I could do.
Currently, my child can read and write, but confuses capital and small
letters. She can peck at the keyboard, and knows addition and
subtraction of whole numbers but has problems with addition with
carry. Multiplication is not a concept she has come across.
Basically, I'm trying to get my oldest child (eventually all my
children) to understand programming as a "second language." I'm also
trying to divert her computer attention away from useless things (like
the Polly Pocket website) to more productive endeavors. Does anyone
have any suggestions as to how this can be done?
My oldest child is 6 going on 7. I was wondering what would be some
good and free things I could do with my child to give her a better
grasp of computing concepts without boring her.
What we've done so far:
Allowed her to use MS Paint to draw things
Given her MSW Logo and have her traverse bitmapped mazes with FD x RT
90/LT 90.
I'm thinking of having her do tower of hanoi next, but after that, I'm
not sure what else would be useful.
I've checked out Scratch, but I think true programming is sort of out
of the question right now. She doesn't even know what multiplication
is, much less division. I could probably introduce her to a text-
based form of BASIC, but after 10 Print "Hello" 20 goto 10, I'm not
sure what else I could do.
Currently, my child can read and write, but confuses capital and small
letters. She can peck at the keyboard, and knows addition and
subtraction of whole numbers but has problems with addition with
carry. Multiplication is not a concept she has come across.
Basically, I'm trying to get my oldest child (eventually all my
children) to understand programming as a "second language." I'm also
trying to divert her computer attention away from useless things (like
the Polly Pocket website) to more productive endeavors. Does anyone
have any suggestions as to how this can be done?