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Mostly trying to get my 5 year old into some light programming :D

- I bought her Lego Boost (well, mostly myself, but we still have fun with it) and she is getting better at actually programming it

- I installed scratch junior on the chromebook she's been using (nice for mostly lightly interactive animations), we wen't through few of the work-assigments and she likes to fiddle with the included project-samples



I’ve been on the fence about getting a Lego Boost for my five year old as well. Your comment made me pull the trigger finally, thanks!


Well, for me a big part was "I finally can buy myself the lego-robot my parents never bought me because it was too expensive" .

The fact that my 5 year old likes to build lego and is interested in robots is a nice bonus :D

And if your five-year old is anything like mine, brace yourself for the noise it can make :-) (most programming she is doing on her own are the embedded activities that produce music, sounds, e.t.c.)




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