Programming for kids

hornett · 16 Apr 2013 at 07:47

My son loves minecraft and wants to try making his own games, he is only 9 but thought letting him get into programming could not hurt

Does anyone know of some good resources for teaching a child his age basic programming ?

hornett · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:22

To be honest I am not sure, I hated programming myself so not sure what would be a good place for him to start.

He says he wants to make his own games so what ever programming language suits that might keep him interested

hornett · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:57

Cheers for that site, will see if I can get him interested. Might need to bribe him

hornett · 16 Apr 2013 at 10:13

InertProtocol said:
Are there any Code Clubs near you?.

No closet one is miles away

hornett · 16 Apr 2013 at 13:11

ZombieFan said:
If he's specifically interested in creating games then get him a copy of GameMaker Studio (www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio/free). There's loads of tutorials for it on the web and youtube.

That looks cool cheers