Coding for kids: How you can help

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Coding for kids How you can help
We as parents dont always have a handle on
technology like our children do. Our world runs
on different rules and technology. Today, life
is hardly the same as children can learn and do
far more in todays world. If you believe your
child has the aptitude and could develop an
interest in something like coding, then there
are two possible emotions a parent may feel. One,
they should feel very proud that your child is
capable of learning from a young age, and two,
they may be worried about how well-equipped they
are to handle the future. Why make them work?
This is when they need to play! Coding is indeed
complex when seen as a whole, but the point
behind good coding classes for kids is that they
will actually enjoy learning how to code and
develop it as a skill they can use in the
future. There are also more personal advantages
that accompany a child when they are in the
process of learning how to code. The primary
advantage is the learning process itself. This
will give a child a rudimentary learning
framework they will build upon for the rest of
their lives. Coding and programming are the
same, right? While coding and programming are
indeed related, they have distinctly different
functions. Coding is the process of encoding the
instructions you want into a language the
computer will understand. Programming is the
process where the instructions are actually fed
into a machine so it will run in a way specific
to the instructions given. Algorithms on the
other hand, are what are used to build the logic
of a set of instructions to understand the
overall picture. Algorithms are built first
before the code is written.
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How to make learning fun? Coding is fun,
creative, and can be taught to children in the
same way! Its not like they need to be started
on the C or Python right away. They need to
start with a language that will be easy for them
to learn and easy to use. Block languages are
designed to be easy to use and require no form of
actual coding at first. Block languages are more
Drag and Drop and are the perfect tools for
educating children in rudimentary programming.
If your child is still younger than 10 years old,
then they will find Block languages like
Scratch to be fun and entertaining. How can
you help them learn coding when you dont know
how? Well, this might be difficult to hear but if
you want to be able to teach your child coding on
your own then you will need to buckle down and
learn how it all works. It would also be helpful
if you considered learning how to use website
building languages as well, like HTML (Hyper
Text Markup Language) or CSS (Cascading Style
Sheets). Even something as simple as the
difference between designers and developers will
be difficult for a normal person to understand.
This is simply because they will not have the
knowledge required to make the distinction.
(Designers focus on how it looks, Developers
focus on how it works, both are vital when
building a website or User interface.) However,
there is an alternative if you wish for them to
get the best training available. There are a lot
of great online courses out there that come with
some spectacular learning tools for children.
This is an excellent opportunity for them to find
out what technologies they like and whether they
need to explore that domain as their career. The
best online courses also offer international
certification that can confirm your childs
expertise in coding once the course curriculum is
over. And it doesnt stop there either your
child could go on to master computer languages
and programming tools that adult programmers
still struggle with. When children show interest
in something, the sky's the limit!