Help Your Kids with Computer Coding

<p>Don't just play computer games with your kids - build them! All you need is a desktop or laptop with Adobe 10.2 or later, and an internet connection to download Scratch 2.0 and Python 3. Coding with Scratch can be done without download on https://scratch.mit.edu.</p><p><i>Help Your Kids with Computer Coding</i> is a straightforward, visual guide to helping kids understand the basics of computer coding using Scratch and Python coding languages. Essential coding concepts like scripts, variables, and strings are explained using build-along projects and games.</p><p>Kids can create online games to play like Monkey Mayhem and Bubble Blaster, draw mazes and shapes, build animations, and more using the step-by-step examples to follow and customize. Seven projects let kids - and their parents - practice the skills as they are learning in each section of the book. Kids get instant results, even when completely new to coding.</p><p>Packed with visual examples, expert tips, a glossary of key terms, and extras such as profiles of famous coders, <i>Help Your Kids with Computer Coding</i> lays a hands-on foundation for coding so adults and kids can learn together.</p><p>Supporting STEM education initiatives, computer coding teaches kids how to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically, and is quickly becoming a necessary and sought-after skill. DK's computer coding books are full of fun exercises with step-by-step guidance, making them the perfect introductory tools for building vital skills in computer programming.</p>