[Edu-sig] slashdot: Teaching Primary School Students Programming?

[Paul D. Fernhout]

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/27/000248

Teaching Primary School Students Programming?
Posted by Cliff on Saturday August 26, @08:25PM
from the toddlers-as-coders dept.
Education Programming
NotesSensei asks: "Recently I was teasing the teacher who runs the 
computer club in my sons' primary school: 'You teach the kids only how to 
use software but not how to make software.' Today I got an email: 'OK, 
you're in: teach them programming.' Now I wonder what language should I 
pick? My first lesson will be the board game c-jump, but after that? The 
contestants are: Kids programming language KPL (ab VB.net derivate; Java 
using BlueJ; Greenfoot (and the BlueJ); and HTML. Does it sound like I'm 
on the right track or should I try something completely different? We are 
looking at primary 3-5 (that's 10-13 in this part of the world). Where can 
I find inspiration for the curriculum?"

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Python is mentioned there, along with a lot of other suggestions.