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Why should our kids learn to code?
Analyzing the benefits of teaching programming languages to our children — an extract of my new book: “Introduction to A.I., Robotics and Coding (for parents).”
As computers continue to evolve until they become the most critical technology of the 21st century, knowing how to program them is considered an essential skill for the future.
And experts suggest that these skills must also be learned in early childhood because the sooner we introduce these skills to our child, the easier it will be to assimilate and build future digital literacy fundamentals.
Digital literacy refers to an individual’s ability to find, evaluate, and compose clear information through writing and other media on various digital platforms. [1].
The growing skill of the next level of human development and people who do not learn today will be considered illiterate in the future…
Learning to Code since the first years of life has advantages for the growth of academic skills, resulting in more significant resources more extraordinary other areas of life. Therefore, it is vital to teaching languages to children to become fluent.
Programs are the means of communication between humans and machines. We solve problems online, play games, create websites, software, animations, and complete simple math equations. Creating programs was not historically so complicated and did not require specialized knowledge.
Even though these developments have been around for a long time, they are only now achieving a more useful practical role as a teaching tool; they allow a multidisciplinary approach to learning and help develop the child’s various cognitive skills. Feel free to add more. Continue reading about what programming for kids can do and discover their advantages.
However, we can see other positive developments in the development of children and adolescents. The ability to deal with problems and frustrations, social interactions, technical skills, and a keen sense of criticality is further enhanced by teaching programming language in the youth phase. There is nothing to fear, therefore. Teaching technology to young people will bring only benefits. Let us see it in detail.
Can you teach coding without knowing how to code?
We do not need to be programmers or specialists to teach our children programming: we need to have a particular affinity for the subject, a willingness to learn, and an interest in teaching and sharing what we learn with other people.
To understand the basics of programming, the first step to take is to learn about programming tools that were developed for teaching children programming.
This is an actual situation with “Scratch.” We can focus on the programming language by using Scratch for its intuitive and straightforward interface, even without any prior knowledge.
Through command blocks that fit together like Lego pieces, “Scratch” allows creating games, animations, and interactive stories that can be easily made available on the project’s website and shared with children from other schools. It can help other children improve their imagination, delivering the most significant creative freedom.
Overview
This article you have just read is part of my new book: “Introduction to A.I., Robotics and Coding (for parents),” which is already available for pre-order on Amazon; check the link below:
A.I., Robotics, and Coding (for Parents): A practical guide for analog parents with digital kids
A book that will help you understand how you can prepare your kids for the future job market through ethical and conscious technology awareness.
Covering the basics of A.I., Robotics, and Coding, the book will give you an up-to-date overview of how these technologies impact children’s skills development and how they can be prepared for the job market future.
It will also help you build confidence when facing the digital era’s ethical challenges and navigate technological devices’ potential pitfalls.
References
[1] Digital Literacy — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_literacy
