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Menlo Park: Third-graders take on computer coding
Original post made on Jan 20, 2017
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Posted by mutti
a resident of Belle Haven Elementary
on Jan 20, 2017 at 3:56 pm
a resident of Belle Haven Elementary
on Jan 20, 2017 at 3:56 pm
Belle Haven is an amazing school! There is so much good stuff going on here. I've worked here on and off for 20 years, and it's a far, far better place than it used to be. Coding is just one of the great opportunities for the kids. Besides wonderful classroom teachers, we have music, science, art, etc. It's a moving-up kind of place for kids.
Posted by Mike
a resident of another community
on Jan 21, 2017 at 4:51 am
a resident of another community
on Jan 21, 2017 at 4:51 am
Getting kids coding at a young age I think is essential to developing a part of their mind that sometimes is not get accessed in traditional school curricula. Coding teaches problem solving planning, and hypothesis testing. It develops the mind and possibly guides a few young people toward a new hobby and eventually someday maybe a career.
I teach high school computer programming classes and the students I find in my classroom seldom have had early exposure and good foundations to code for stem thinking.
It's so easy to get started these days with so many free online resources such as www.brainstemschool.com, code.org, Khan Academy, or anything that a good search turns up.
