Kid Coder or Programmer?

Question

Programming

Hello
, I’ve been reading habr for five years, I don’t miss a single srach about which language is better, but someone always writes in the comments, it’s not the language that matters, understanding, algorithms and thinking are important.
The son grew up - he is 8, gave his son to programming - he studies scratch.
She dreams of writing extensions in minecraft.) The question
is , do you think it’s worth starting with a scratch, or reading something (what?) On logic and algorithms - a simple textbook to gradually get involved ?
I have two hours a day - I can explain anything - but where do I start?

Answer 1

His logic will develop only when he thinks for himself, only knowledge can be added from books. When you know the basics of logic and programming, then you read books to gain new knowledge, learn new programming languages. Logic will develop only with experience, so if he doesn’t know anything yet, find some collection of logical problems for his age, it’s very interesting and effective, then you can move on to programming in something elementary.

Answer 2

She dreams of writing extensions for minecraft.)

And this is normal for 8 years old, I remember I came to programming because I liked doing cool things in GTA (I got tired of playing at the age of 13 somewhere, it was more interesting to change something, figure it out, add something). Moreover, I got into the WEB somehow by accident and I've been stuck here for 8 years ... The
question of motivation. Offer him puzzles related to what he likes and then there will be a greater incentive to understand. Here books on algorithms can scare away excessive boredom. As a child, the music school beat off my love for music (well, in the sense of the desire to develop as a musician, I still love music).

Answer 3

Children best perceive the world in a playful way.
As a child, he loved to tinker with designers.
At first it was like this ,
then like this.
Today, these are not on sale, it’s not easy to find, probably.
Eight Alternatives to LEGO Buildings
And books should be in the form of examples that encourage the child to take action so that they do not limit their creativity.
As for algorithms and wisdom, Parondzhanov V.D. writes well. For a review, you can download his scanned book " Why a sage is like a monkey, or a paradoxical encyclopedia of modern wisdom. " (A popular scientific description of the DRAKON language is given. - P. 297 - 434 ) .
A brief description of the DRAKON language is givenhere .
I believe that this visual language may well put the right thinking not only in a child, but also in an adult.
Computers will not run away from the child, as this is the reality today. But I would not advise you to teach programming in advance. Maybe he can become a talented engineer or an economist, a lawyer, etc.?

Answer 4

Man, don't fuck the kid's brains. He is only 8 years old. At the age of 8, no one seriously thinks about the profession and their future.
> He dreams of writing extensions for minecraft.)
Write these extensions yourself. (If you know how, I suspect not) Show him what programming is.
> gave his son to programming,
why didn't he teach him?
Who do you work for yourself?

Answer 5

I started my life as a programmer at the age of 5 with one wonderful book - The PHP Tutorial. This book dedicated me to programming. Then I began to study JavaScript - the syntax is similar to PHP, but more complicated. Then I started to delve into C/C++. Now I can write programs normally.
And to the question in the title - praise your child, many have 2 + 3 = 6)
PS Scratch - that's it!