Do we need a new beginning programming language? My answer is “yes”, and the more programming languages and tools we have to introduce programming to kids, adults and everyone else, the better.

In a one-week camp, the youngest kids learn the fundamentals of Scratch, the coding language for kids created by developers at MIT.

These coding books are a great way to introduce your kids to programming and STEM fields.

Scratch is quite literally the only programming “game” my kids will use again and again, and it’s an amazing introduction for kids as young as pre-school age.

As well as promoting the value of coding for the school curriculum, another aim of the project was to show kids that they could create their own computer games, rather than just playing them -- an ...

By Todd Ogasawara December 4, 2015 PBS Kids has released a branded version of the ScratchJr graphical programming development system for young children that runs on the iPad and Android tablets.