Where can I find a good course on the basics of computer literacy for children?

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rad_li2017-10-04 23:36:58

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rad_li, 2017-10-04 23:36:58

My son is almost 7 years old and in 1st grade. Began to be interested in computers and software. He looks in what programs I work, asks what is how it works, what to run for what. I explain as much as possible, but without any basics, I don’t always understand everything. On the Internet, I found quite the basics like this is a monitor, this is a hard drive, but this is no longer interesting to him. At home on PCs and laptops archlinux. He himself freely draws in GIMP, prints in libreoffice, launches everything himself, saves the result to the necessary folders. Able to connect Wi-Fi in the terminal via sudo wifi-menu. Looking for information on the internet. Usually this is coloring, weather and cartoons on YouTube. I'm not familiar with Windows, I only see it when WoT is running. Software-wise, there are no problems. If you explain several times where everything is, then he will be able to. But the computer world is not limited to this.
In general, as long as there is a desire to teach. Advise where to start so that it is systematized and structured in an understandable way for a first grader.

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twobomb, 2017-10-04
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Damn, he’ll learn it himself over time, I got a computer in 2-3 grade, and then none of my friends had a computer, and there was no Internet then, there was no one to ask, well, I somehow figured it out myself. Why, at the age of 7, to know what an OS is and what kind of hardware happens is not clear. Some in their 30s don't really understand what's what. It seems to me that for now there will be enough knowledge how to run the game and that's all.

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Saboteur, 2017-10-05
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No one is engaged in systematization and structuring for first graders. Therefore, for first-graders there is no structured education. Many are just learning to read.
Just throw him puzzles, then throw your solutions. Try to make the result understandable and interesting for him, but do not bend too much.
>> Now he has a desire to learn, I think we need to support it.
Support. Children are not stupid. They do not have enough experience, but it is not at all necessary to look for a "simplified course for children." Let's adult links. Maybe dosed, maybe somewhere together something to suggest to explain on the fingers.
I hung a marker board at home and if something needs to be explained, I explain with drawings, with pictures. Very comfortably. It will hang for a couple of days after the explanation - and it is absorbed.