The app prompts kids to manipulate a character, Daisy, through challenges that involve loops, events, and other programming basics (e.g., when touched, move dinosaur forward).

For younger kids in the 5-to-6-year-old age range, Wigl is aimed at teaching basic music skills. The robot can move in different directions and light up depending on what musical notes a child plays.

Toys and kits that are designed to teach kids hacking and basic programming skills abound, and they cater to a range of ages and skill levels.

One of the roles our education system is supposed to play is to prepare kids to be responsible citizens, with the skills needed to be successful in adulthood. All of the various classes ...

Learning basic ideas about algorithms and data representation without the distraction of a computer can be a very powerful thing. A lot of us learned on computers that existed only in a book or on ...

China should include computer programming in its basic education curriculum to support its ambitions of becoming a tech powerhouse in areas such as artificial intelligence, NetEase founder and ...

Yet another programming language from Microsoft: Small Basic Small Basic is a language for beginners (think kids) that was inspired by the … ...

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.