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How do you describe to kids what can we archive with programming?

2 points by okidogi ↗ HN
I want to start a tutorial where I'll be talking about programming for kids.

I guess one important part is to let them know how fun/powerful programming can bring. So that kids will be interested and self-motivated for moving on.

Just wondering what your ideas would be.

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Kinrany
Fun is subjective. People often don't believe when being told something is fun. It's easier to make the description itself fun, though it will backfire if the process of programming itself turns out not to be fun.
cable2600
Start out with Hello World and some math problems. Then make forums where they can change colors and make animations and stuff like that. Make simple video games to keep them challenged and show them what they can do.