redjam Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Just wondering if any forumites can give me some advice/inspiration for how to encourage and develop my daughter's love of coding, as it's an area I really don't know much about. She's really into Scratch, drawing very elaborate pictures, making up stories and animations, programming quizzes etc. But she's starting to talk about some other coding programs she's encountered at school or via friends (Kodu and Espresso Coding which I think comes from Discovery Education) and I wasn't sure what I should be encouraging as the 'next step' from Scratch.Anyone have any words of advice or know of any local coding clubs where she could be taught a bit more? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBox Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Have a look at www.codecademy.com, it has some tutorials on some decent languages (Java, Python, etc), might be a little advanced though Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 The Hour of Code site could be worth looking at: https://code.org/learn Lots of free tutorials etcAlso Hopscotch, which is widely used in the KS2 Computing curriculum - a free app for ipads and iphones Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnie Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 How fantastic! What about Minecraft? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scareyt Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 You could post this question in the forum of the South London Makerspace and I'm sure you would get lots of helpful replies. https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjam Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Thanks for these helpful replies. Yes, she's hugely into Minecraft and apparently has already got the Hopscotch app and has done the Minecraft Hour of Code (who knew? I'm evidently not very closely monitoring her screen time!). I'll be looking into these other ideas too. Anyone else's kids use Kodu? Looks like you can only use it on a PC but we've got a Mac... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodo1 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Try Spark 4 Kids @ Dulwich College Sports Club. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marienne Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Hi Redjam My 9yo daughter is also into coding and have spent a lot of time doing Minecraft & Scatch at school. We got her a coding and computer kit for her 9th birthday from Kano. It was not a cheap pressie but she got to build a computer which came as a kit of parts with some adaptability and can then code on it(other than gaming), and use it for normal other PC uses too. It is an educational toy for children, you can find out more about it here https://kano.me/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc97 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 My 8yo loves his Kano: mostly scratch and hacking minecraft. A slightly cheaper alternative is to buy a raspberry pi and accessories, and then plug it into the TV:https://www.raspberrypi.org/The Kano kit is a raspberry pi, plus case, keyboard, screen etc, and the kano software which has loads of stuff specifically designed for kids. My son loved just building it, even before he turned it on and realised it means he's got his own computer. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1099537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Dodo1 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Try Spark 4 Kids @ Dulwich College Sports Club.Seconded. Really nice team. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1100092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarafitness Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 How about attending a CoderDojo session? We often have them at my work (John Lewis head office in Victoria), but there are other locations in London too :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1100628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebsC Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I get weekly emails from urban explorer.com which sends details of events held over London for all sorts of events aimed at children. They often send details of coding events/activities. This weeks email had two things listed ...http://www.wizziewizzie.orghttp://ioi.london Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1100721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjam Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 Some great ideas here - thanks so much everyone. I'll be following them up. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1101051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_b Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It might be a little bit too old for her, but have you looked at the micro:bit (http://microbit.org/about/)? Cheap and mac compatible. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/140605-9-year-old-daughter-into-coding-now-what/#findComment-1101119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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