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Discussion on: When should children start learning to code?

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Molydoly

In my opinion. the best age for kids to start learning coding languages such as Scratch Jr is from the age of 5 to 7. People often achieve this through different logical games that help in simulating the skill of coding. After some time, you can move onto the more demanding exercises

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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

What's wrong with jumping straight into real code? Worked for me as a 7 year old, and for a generation of others like me who grew up in the age of 8-bit home computers. You switched them on, and you were dumped straight into a REPL.