(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 ...

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 ...

Computer programming for kids could be the next big trend. That’s if the success of recent Kickstarter projects, including one aimed at teaching kids as young as three the basics of programming ...

Starting today%2C dozens of leaders will say that more students need to learn computer programming. Children who learn to code learn creative empowerment and an ability to break down problems.

Fundamentally, computer coding and programming is just another language and this means that kids are best able to do this when they are young and especially where they can be immersed in age ...