Coding For Kids: Before You Pick Python: The smart parent’s plain English guide to choosing your child’s first coding language: The smart parent's ... choosing their child's first coding language - Softcover

Sinclair, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798997636708

Verlag: Kensington Heritage Press LLC, 2026

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A parent-to-parent plain English guide to selecting the best coding language for your child. It will provide you with:
* Personal child profiling guides to ensure a perfect match to their “best” coding language
* Clear overviews of Python, Scratch, Lua, HTML, Java, HTML, and C++
* Detailed, step-by-step learning plans for each language choice
* Readiness checklists to help gauge progress towards their “next” language
* Helpful coaching and analysis hints for parents throughout
* Free Bonus Form Sets to profile your child's unique personality traits and skill levels
Preview Highlights:
* How to choose the best first language when you know little to nothing about coding or coding languages
* What are Scratch, Python, Lua, Java, HTML, and C++ and why you would pick one over another
* Why some kids are suited more towards one language than another and how to determine the best match
* How to setup the coding tools environment and monitor your kid’s coding progress
* How to effectively coach your child through periods of frustration, recognize misfits between languages and make changes midstream
* How to document your child’s progress using the included lesson plans, progress checklists, and child’s personal
learning profile
* How to determine when your child is ready to move to the next level coding language
* How to support your child's school Computer Science program at home
Author Kenneth Sinclair has been coding for more than 50-years. He has personally experienced the evolution of programming to where it stands today and therefore has a unique, complete understanding of coding language tools. Raising two coding kids of his own, he also has a unique insight into how to match a coding language tool to a child’s personal traits.
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Author Kenneth Sinclair has been coding for more than 50-years. He began his coding career while in college in 1967 using a paper tape reading ASR-33 console connected to a major time-sharing network running Fortran IV, COBOL, and BASIC. Since that early beginning, as a cross-functional engineer, he has developed hundreds of commercial software and hardware applications based on major coding languages and on both embedded and computing systems.Ken has literally experienced the evolution of programming to where it stands today and therefore has a unique, extensive understanding of coding languages and tools. Raising two coding kids of his own, he also has a unique insight into how to match a coding language tool to a child's personal traits.Ken has a BSEE degree and an Associate Science degree with minors in mathematics and physics. He is also a retired commercial pilot and FAA certified flight instructor. In support of his lengthy engineering and aviation careers, he has by necessity acquired professional skills in development and delivery of training and educational materials across many different disciplines. He recently retired as a global training manager for the human resources department of a major worldwide electronics distributor with over 22,000 employees world-wide. In this role Ken was responsible for development and delivery of hundreds of teaching guides, presentations, training programs and educational materials across many different disciplines including sales, personal and professional development, and technology. In addition to authoring and publishing books, as a commercial pilot and certified flight instructor, Ken continues to provide flight instruction to student and commercial pilots. He has also served as an accident prevention counselor with the Federal Aviation Agency and has authored and delivered numerous training curricula in the private and commercial aviation field.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kensington Heritage Press LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798997636708
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 154
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg