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Advice needed, son wants to learn how to program (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Hi all,

My 8 year old is asking if he can learn how to program.

I’d like to support this, and it seems like it’s not a transient interest as he’s been all over scratch, and using things like minecraft commands for the last year. I have an old (pre 2017) MacBook Air I can set up for this. How do I / what would you advise I set up for him, to a) keep him safe online (he’s 8!) and b) give him the tools he needs in a structured way.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Get a breadboard. Get a bunch of wire for it. And do small projects with the breadboard in a controller. It's fun to move the wires around. You can even build a tiny 8-bit computer with a breadboard. And have a do things like output of display. It's very tactile and hands-on. Excellent visual. There's excellent YouTube tutorials up there for breadboard projects.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0N5baNlQWJCUrhCEo8WlA

This guy has some excellent breadboard projects. Find an easy one. And do it together with your child

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