That seriously made me laugh so hard! And Penguicon sounds pretty intense - who knows, I might go when I'm 18.<br>--Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Charles Ulrich <<a href="mailto:charles@bityard.net">charles@bityard.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Richard Houser <<a href="mailto:rick@divinesymphony.net">rick@divinesymphony.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Michael George wrote:<br>
> > We homeschool our children, and the oldest are old enough that I think<br>
> > they are ready for an intro to programming. I would like a book that can<br>
> > hold their hands and help them learn logic and programming, but do so at a<br>
> > 5-7th grade level and using open-source languages.<br>
> ><br>
> > I know some on this list are students and some are teachers, so I am<br>
> > hoping there might be some experience-based recommendations. I'll take<br>
> > what I can get, though.<br>
><br>
> I actually started when I was about five or six, but I can't honestly<br>
> think of a book that could come close to replacing one-on-one contact at<br>
> this age. Is there any way you could go through the basics with him<br>
> first, then find a follow-up book? Frankly, I think you would need to<br>
> get through branching, looping, variable assignments, etc before you<br>
> have something to build on.<br>
<br>
</div>Bring them to a GLLUG meeting. They'll either pick up a multitude of<br>
valuable technical concepts or be scarred for life. (Possibly both.)<br>
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Charles<br>
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