Coding for kids: How you can help

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Coding for kids How you can help

• DIYA Malaysia

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• We as parents dont always have a handle on
  technology like our children do. Our world ran 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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.)

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• 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 is the limit!

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