For older kids, a better option than a readymade kit might be a introductory programming book like the well-reviewed Python for Kids and this basic Raspberry Pi setup.

Teaching kids to code is an excellent way to pass the time for those stuck at home. Right now, Humble has an excellent pay-what-you-want ebook bundle to help keep the kids busy with Scratch, HTML ...

While startups like Treehouse and Codecademy are bringing simple coding lessons to teens and adults, a new service launched today to help younger children learn how to code. The company is Tynker ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has this week announced the availability of its new online code editor specifically designed for kids to help them learn how to program and code. The code editor is ...

Python for Kids is a book from No Starch Press that aims to teach kids ages 10 and up and their parents about the Python programming language. I happen to have an 11 year old daughter for ...

If you're used to helping with your kids' homework but don't know your booleans from your for-loops, help is at hand ...

Use the Python extension for Visual Studio Code to create, manage, run, and test Python projects easily.

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At Oracle Code 4 Kids, attendees tried sessions on programming Finch and Lego Mindstorm robots, coding games and websites with Python, JavaScript and HTML5, and learning the Java programming language.