When I try to teach Python to young kids, the big obstacle is describing repetitions in simple way (esp. for turtle graphics). for a in range(4): .... More py-zen would be repeat 4: .... I know some py-edu-environments have their hacks: https://codecombat.com/ has "loop" instead "while True" http://reeborg.ca/reeborg.html has the "repeat n" version Also "repeat n" is used in Blockly <https://blockly-games.appspot.com/turtle?lang=en&level=10> and Scratch <https://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Repeat_()_(block)> Also scientific math env has kind of hack for "range(a, b+1)" -- just "[a..b]" (like in CoffeScript <https://coffeescript-cookbook.github.io/chapters/syntax/for_loops>): http://sagemath.wikispaces.com/Counters ***My ideas, how to implement this*** - IDE (plugin) translates "repeat" to "for.." on run, on errors it could translate stuff back to hide any mention of "for.." :) or after translation could leave a comment that it has been translated from "repeat" - PEP for even more edu-friendly Python: "py-zero" (with possibly more stuff)? :) -- Jurgis Pralgauskis tel: 8-616 77613; Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;) http://galvosukykla.lt