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ivolimmen
This is really nice. I looked at one of the video's and it really speaks to me. I am a software developer and my wife is a teacher in a primary school. I have taught two classes with students that showed an intrest in programming. I used the Elevator Saga for the advanced students. With this I can have a more easier start.

I want to do the "make me a sandwich" routine as well :D

Thomashuet
There are some nice ideas but no continuity, it's just random bits put together. ♫ tekisco, tekisco, tekisco ♫
j_french
they had me at the theme tune. very charming, my kids are gonna lap this up
agentultra
There’s a similar program in the UK championed by Simon P Jones, one of the co-creators of Haskell. He’s also the chair of CAS and helped developed a national curriculum: https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/resources/2015/january/...

I think it’s a neat and interesting way to teach programming. Having tried teaching kids of various ages, nieces and nephews and my own children, I find physical puzzles are more captivating and easier to relate to.

beklein
Principles of programming:

1. Break things down into small units

2. Think about sequence

3. Find patterns

4. Focus on the important things

5. Visualize sequences in your mind

Love the silly music and the way they teach, thanks for sharing this!

ninjin
The Japanese have some wonderful programming along these lines. For preschoolers there is PythagoraSwitch (ピタゴラスイッチ) [1] which features amazing Rube Goldberg machines, geometric reasoning, algorithmic thinking, etc. Sadly, NHK loves to keep their programmes under lock and key, so I could not find anything to share other than the name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PythagoraSwitch

qaid
My children (3,5,8) and I absolutely love this show. We’ve been watching one new episode every 1-2 weeks and they’re perfectly happy with rewatching. My eldest is able to understand most of it so we’ll rewatch again in 2 (and 4) years so the younger two can follow along. It’s a real treasure and I’m so thankful it exists (and is translated)
bhagyeshsp
Though it looks like it is made for kids, adults can learn a lott from these. Superb resource. Thanks
threethirtytwo
Kids in Japan are really good at English.
eptityri
They do study English from primary school now: foreign-language activities in grades 3–4 and English as a subject in grades 5–6. But “they’re really good at English” is a big generalization. Years of English classes don’t necessarily translate into conversational fluency.
hulitu
They already do that in schools in DE. It doesn't work as intended.