(Jesse Costa/WBUR) At a time when parents are eager to give their kids an edge in math and science, several computer programming languages have been developed specifically for children.

Maybe that was the idea behind Computer Science Unplugged. The site is aimed at educators and gives them lesson plans to teach kids about computer concepts through activities that don’t use a ...

So, what is the process for getting kids involved? Children are receptive to acquiring this new language of computer programming and the strategic thinking and reasoning processes that go with it.

Briggs’ book aims to make computer programming accessible to children ... Using Python for Kids to learn this skill would be an excellent family bonding experience, and the added perk of jointly ...

Your kids can learn the basics of computer programming without knowing how to type because Hopscotch is a visual programming platform. They can create their own programs by dragging and dropping ...

"But it's really programming, making different things." About 75 kids, in fifth through 12th ... "Video gaming is the entry point into computer science, and computer science is the entry point ...

I love hearing, “I’ve got ideas for improving my Scratch program,” or “my friend ... refurbished computers going out to kids who don’t have a computer, we’ll create no-economic ...

Vedati’s mission with Tynker is to give kids a foundation in understanding ... only 10 percent of schools in USA have computer programming as part of their curriculum and across the States ...

The kids loved it immediately and word spread ... British schoolchildren would also start learning the basics of computer programming from September next year. From the age of five children ...