A few years ago... when my son was 11 or so... we got him into Scratch classes at the local community college... He liked it... this year in his 'you guys are stupid' 13th year... he asked to take a python course... ( admittedly we were forcing him to take a remedial class as well... but to fill the day he chose Python)...
I also recommend using an open source machine for them to learn on... its a great way to have lots of code to tinker with...
Cheers and good luck inspiring the kids...
Jeff
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A few years ago... when my son was 11 or so... we got him into Scratch classes at the local community college... He liked it... this year in his 'you guys are stupid' 13th year... he asked to take a python course... ( admittedly we were forcing him to take a remedial class as well... but to fill the day he chose Python)... I also recommend using an open source machine for them to learn on... its a great way to have lots of code to tinker with... Cheers and good luck inspiring the kids... Jeff