Python for a 10-14 years old?

Joal Heagney joal at bigpond.net.au
Sat Mar 26 23:12:45 EST 2005


  Simon Brunning wrote:

> On 23 Mar 2005 21:03:04 -0800, tnozh at yahoo.com <tnozh at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there something out there like "Python for kids" which would explain
>> *basic* programming concepts in a way which is accessible and
>> entertaining for kids aged 10-14 (that about where her brain is right
>> now) and which would allow them to "play around" and have fun solving
>> small problems?
>
>
>
> I don't know about kid's tutorials, but I can recommend that you try
> the turtle module. It's great for kids. It gives really good immediate
> feedback, You can start out using it interactively:

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Couldn't help myself. I had to write the Dragon Fractal in python.turtle
:)



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