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These days, you are more likely to sneak kids into programming via Scratch — a system for setting up programs via blocks in a GUI. Again, you can get simple results simply. With Scratch or Basic ...

Believe it or not, building a tiny compiler from scratch can be as fun as it is accessible. [James Smith] demonstrates by making a tiny compiler for an extremely simple programming language ...

The sensor is the input and the motor is the output. The children use Scratch, a visual programming language, to create the program that will make the mouth snap shut when something is put inside it.