How My Dad Taught Me to Code
summary
Nine‑year‑old Ari shows concrete steps: starting at five with touch puzzles on code.org to learn sequencing and step‑through debugging, moving to CodeCombat to write Python/JavaScript with variables, if statements, loops and method arguments, then into Visual Studio Code to hand‑write HTML and build a local website about superheroes. Lessons include using repeat blocks to reduce redundancy, reading others’ code, and daily ~30‑minute practice; most tools are free and the games keep motivation high.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Teaching kids coding
- 1:14First steps with Code.org
- 3:49Debugging on Code.org
- 5:16CodeCombat and Python
- 7:10If statements and variables
- 9:42Game for child's interest
- 10:24Personal website with HTML
- 12:39Q&A
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