Teach your kids how to program with Small Basic

by Andrew Howard

This book is designed to help you teach your child to code simple computer programs. The age range it is aimed at is 12 and up, older children from about 14 years of age, with a good reading age, will also be able to use this book on their own. We will be learning to code using small basic, this is a simple programming language to start with and is aimed at people who wish to learn to code for the first time, and thus ideal for children. Small basic is a textual coding language and once learned it is a simple matter to go onto more powerful programming languages as the principles learned in small basic apply to many of the more advanced programming languages. Why teach your children how to code? In the UK children are now being taught to code from primary school age, this is happening right now, there is no need to be scared of learning how to code programs for a computer. With this book parents and children with no knowledge of coding will rapidly become able to write simple programs that will help them do well at school. Small basic has been chosen by many schools in the UK as a language with which to teach children all about basic programming concepts. So by taking the time to learn small basic you will be able to help your child do well at school and also give them a skill that is becoming more and more vital in modern day life.

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 24, 2013