Resources, links and programs to help introduce children to programming.

== Blog Posts ==
  * [[http://kids.dzone.com/|Kid Section on DZone]]
  * [[http://kids.dzone.com/news/getting-started-kid-friendly-programming-software|Getting Started Kid Friendly Programming Software]]
  * [[http://www.nodans.com/index.cfm/2008/7/31/I-Need-Advice-On-Teaching-My-11-Year-Old-Nephew-To-Program#c796ECF15-DC13-9F14-36B3029D70EABDA3|I Need Advice On Teaching My 11 Year Old Nephew To Program]] (Dan Wilson)
  * [[http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/program.html|Long list of programs]] This area is for information on computer books and software to help children learn about computers, programming, and creating multimedia programs.


== Programs ==
  * [[http://scratch.mit.edu/|Scratch]] Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
  * [[http://www.alice.org/|Alice]] Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web.
  * [[http://edu.kde.org/kturtle/|KTurtle]] KDE (Linux) The programming language used in KTurtle is loosly based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)|Logo]]. 
  * [[http://www.otherwise.com/Jurtle/index.html|Jurtle]] Jurtle is an integrated programming environment designed for people who want to learn programming in Java but may not have programmed before.
  * [[http://hacketyhack.net/|Hackety Hack]] Based on Ruby
  * [[http://www.squeak.org/|Squeak]] Squeak is a modern, open source full-featured implementation of the powerful Smalltalk programming language and environment.