Teach Your Kids to Code

Marc Notes: 'Teach Your Kids to Code' is a parent's and teacher's guide to teaching kids basic programming and problem solving using Python, the powerful language used in college courses and by tech companies like Google and IBM. Table of Contents: Advance Praise for Teach Your Kids to Code About the Author About the Illustrator About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Coding and Why Is It Good for Your Kids? Chapter 1: Python Basics: Get to Know Your Environment Chapter 2: Turtle Graphics: Drawing with Python Chapter 3: Numbers and Variables: Python Does the Math Chapter 4: Loops Are Fun (You Can Say That Again) Chapter 5: Conditions (What If?) Chapter 6: Random Fun and Games: Go Ahead, Take a Chance! Chapter 7: Functions: There's a Name for That Chapter 8: Timers and Animation: What Would Disney Do? Chapter 9: User Interaction: Get into the Game Chapter 10: Game Programming: Coding for Fun Python Setup for Windows, Mac, and Linux Pygame Setup for Windows, Mac, and Linux Building Your Own Modules Glossary UpdatesBiographical Note: Bryson Payne is the Department Head of Computer Science at the University of North Georgia. He has taught computer science at the university level for over 15 years, and he previously taught middle-school math and programming. Publisher Marketing:"Teach Your Kids to Code" is a parent's and teacher's guide to teaching kids basic programming and problem solving using Python, the powerful language used in college courses and by tech companies like Google and IBM. Step-by-step explanations will have kids learning computational thinking right away, while visual and game-oriented examples hold their attention. Friendly introductions to fundamental programming concepts such as variables, loops, and functions will help even the youngest programmers build the skills they need to make their own cool games and applications. Whether you've been coding for years or have never programmed anything at all, "Teach Your Kids to Code" will help you show your young programmer how to: Explore geometry by drawing colorful shapes with Turtle graphicsWrite programs to encode and decode messages, play Rock-Paper-Scissors, and calculate how tall someone is in Ping-Pong ballsCreate fun, playable games like War, Yahtzee, and PongAdd interactivity, animation, and sound to their apps"Teach Your Kids to Code" is the perfect companion to any introductory programming class or after-school meet-up, or simply your educational efforts at home. Spend some fun, productive afternoons at the computer with your kids--you can all learn something!

Contributor Bio:  Payne, Bryson Bryson Payne is the Department Head of Computer Science at the University of North Georgia. He has taught computer science at the university level for over 15 years, and he previously taught middle-school math and programming.