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Demystify Coding to kids:

Coding definition

Coding is the method of giving a computer instructions to perform a specific


task.

Coding to kids

Coding is a vast and quite difficult subject to understand. So young kids


actually don’t understand coding because at their young age they start
learning non verbal communication.

So some of the online coding institutes decided to start young kids to learn
coding. Some schools also add coding in the curriculum. In this way coding
language got closer to kids.

Here we will get a doubt that how coding language is understandable for
younger kids. But there are some of the programming languages where
coding is made easy for kids. They are Block based programming, Text based
programming, Real world programming etc., where the subject is designed in
such a way that small kids of age 5 can learn easily.

Kids can increase their logical thinking through this coding languages
because coding can turn a common problem into an interesting game .
Sometimes it turns the way of finding solution into fun so that the subject
becomes easier

There are some of the coding terms which are useful for kids for
remembering the code language are loops, functions, statements, bugs etc.,
so that kids get habituated to these terms.

Coding made easy

To start teaching coding to kids, it’s essential to translate the concepts and
explain them in a way they can understand. You have to explain coding in
simpler words. For example, you have to make the kids understand that
coding is used to communicate with, talk to, or give commands to the
computer, which makes it perform tasks and actions. Make the explanation
process slow and simple.

Just like humans talk in various languages to various people, coding is the
language to speak with computers. It’s like creating a step-by-step recipe for
a computer to follow. We give lines of codes or commands to the computer in
a flow to get the desired output. Once kids have a clear understanding of the
concept of coding, it becomes easier to start teaching them the basics.

Scratch is a programming language designed by MIT that allows kids to build


interactive stories, games, and animations on their own by dragging and
dropping blocks of code. They can also share their creations with the big
scratch community of student juvenile coders.

Since the codes are designed to work only when the two blocks fit logically
and syntactically, there won’t be errors, and kids can code easily. Scratch
provides a very fun and effective way for kids to grasp the basic concepts of
coding.

We should teach the students that the websites we are using for YouTube,
Twitter , Instagram etc.,are made from programming languages.

Coding for kids will be an important step in improving their cognitive and
logical growth. Kids learn to be more creative, curious, think critically, and
solve problems more effectively. The key is to pique their interest, relate
their favourite things to coding, and allow them to learn at their own pace
through age-appropriate and visual teaching.

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