you may want to introduce her to programming competitions, which will
provide her with a very strong foundation of algorithm design and
programming techniques.
http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/mathematics/usaco/
> I am blessed with a *very* gifted nine-years old daughter for whom I> have recently installed an old GNU/Linux Mandrake 7.2 on an equally
old
> Pentium Pro box. She is enjoying it tremendously and has no problems> understanding simple desktop operations and the file system basics> (Needless to say - she has already mastered the 30 or so games I> installed for her).>> Now, I would like to teach her programming basics using Python
(because
> I believe it is best suited for this purpose and, yes, also because
it
> is my favorite language). The only tutorial I have found so far is> "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python"
which,
> while very good indeed, is geared towards adult newbie students.>> Is there something out there like "Python for kids" which would
explain
> *basic* programming concepts in a way which is accessible and> entertaining for kids aged 10-14 (that about where her brain is right> now) and which would allow them to "play around" and have fun solving> small problems?> > Many thanks in advance,> > TN
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