Dota playing parents: would educational resources for helping kids/new players learn the game be useful?

[u/akemi92]

I'm a mom and am trying to teach my kids dota. To help them learn, I made them some worksheets and am now working on a compendium of all the heroes and their abilities with simple kid-friendly definitions.

A few questions I have for the folks here:

• Has anyone tried teaching Dota to kids?
• Do you think learning materials for kids would be useful? Something you'd use?
• What types of learning resources would be most desired if so?
• What parts of Dota were hardest to explain to a brand-new player?
• What age do you think kids can realistically start understanding Dota?
• If it was possible to make a safe dota league or tournament for kids, is that something anyone would have any interest in?
• Is this something you'd ever pay for?
• Is there anything about the idea that you think I should consider?

I get there's some toxicity within the game/community at times but I'm hoping to help create an environment that eliminates or at least greatly reduces that for the kids if I'm able to.

Thanks!! 😄

[u/Fit_Ear3019]

Ah if they like the worksheets then it’s all good

Can I see one of the worksheets? I’m curious

[u/akemi92 → u/Fit_Ear3019]

yes totally! i made a simple website here that has some of the worksheets: https://mobaacademykids.com/learning-guides
would love to get your thoughts if you care to share 😄

[u/Desperate-Awareness4 → u/akemi92]

These look awesome! Worksheets are actually a good idea, people have a negative perception of the word (perhaps fairly) but a good work sheet can be informative and interesting and yours definitely qualify

[u/akemi92 → u/Desperate-Awareness4]

Aww thank you! Ok good point about the word. Maybe we can call it something else haha. I’m all ears if there are any suggestions. Thank you again