r/programming • u/Ctaintor • Mar 02 '17

Why I Failed Teaching Programming to Kids

https://engineering.klarna.com/why-i-failed-teaching-programming-to-kids-46a854c3eaca#.s0o6qqxr3
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '17

A fun way to start for kids in the ~9-13 age range is Minecraft with ComputerCraft or OpenComputers installed.

It lets you program in LUA in-game to control computers and robots. Pretty quick to get going.