Ask HN: What gift to teach a 7 year-old programming?
When I was a kid I learned programming (in BASIC) by copying programs out of Creative Computing, or their books with collections of programs, and running them on whatever computer I could get my hands on.
My nephew is 7, and sharp as a tack, and I'd like to get him something for Christmas that he could use to at least find out if programming is something he'd be into. I don't think he's too young to get it, but I'm not sure what toys/gifts might be appropriate. He lives too far away, unfortunately, for one-on-one lessons or anything like that. Any suggestions from the HN community on good "gateway" toys or gifts to look into?
My nephew is 7, and sharp as a tack, and I'd like to get him something for Christmas that he could use to at least find out if programming is something he'd be into. I don't think he's too young to get it, but I'm not sure what toys/gifts might be appropriate. He lives too far away, unfortunately, for one-on-one lessons or anything like that. Any suggestions from the HN community on good "gateway" toys or gifts to look into?