Programming in the Small - Teaching my 6 Year Old Ruby

My dad's a programmer, so I grew up with PCs and--more importantly--programming tools my friends didn't have. I learned early on that text I typed could make these machines do anything I could imagine.

Now I have kids of my own, and as my daughter's learning letters and arithmetic, I'm scheming to give her similar experiences. Come along on the journey of introducing her to programming. We'll talk about the software we used, the puzzles and games we made, what worked and what didn't. Along the way we'll pick up tips on teaching programming to novices of any age.

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1. Programming
   In The Small
   Teaching My 5 6 Year-Old Ruby
   Jason Clark
   @jasonrclark
   

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5. Expectations
   Mechanics
   Ideas
   Demo!
   Coda
   

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6. Expectations
   Mechanics
   Ideas
   Demo!
   Coda
   

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9. EXPECTATIONS
   

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10. Theirs
    

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13. Visual
    

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14. On Paper
    

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15. Quick Feedback
    

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17. Yours
    

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18. Patience
    

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19. Attention
    

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20. Recall
    

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21. MECHANICS
    

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23. 23 https://flic.kr/p/69W4Z4
    

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24. 24 https://flic.kr/p/dpiMc2
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25. Mistakes
    

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26. 26 https://flic.kr/p/cwScWu
    

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27. Ask
    Questions
    

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28. Comparison
    

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30. 30 https://flic.kr/p/dpiMc2
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31. Simple
    

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32. 32
    Shortcuts
    

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    https://flic.kr/p/e3Bzxv
    

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34. Repetition
    

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35. 35 https://flic.kr/p/4NgrEe
    

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36. 36
    "Save then Run"
    

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37. Similarities
    

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39. IDEAS
    

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40. Tools
    

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45. Apps
    

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50. DEMO
    

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51. CODA:
    Shoes
    

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54. Shoes 4
    

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55. JRuby
    

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57. gem install shoes --pre
    

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58. shoes your_code.rb
    

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60. Expectations
    Mechanics
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61. 61
    http://jasonrclark.com/
    kidscode
    http://speakerdeck.com/
    jasonrclark
    @jasonrclark
    http://empirecapes.com
    

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