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Kahn Academy programming course[^]
Really good online course for javascript, gamified and completely free. Not my favorite language, but I would still definitely recommend to start there because it has the best quality you can offer a kid for free; also the same site has an impressive mathematics course.
Youtube channel: Computerphile[^]
Applied computer science explained on a conceptual level; good introduction to learn more about all sorts of things.
Then I guess it depends if he/she wants to be an 'inventor' (Arduino[^]) or a 'video game designer' (GameMaker Studio[^]).
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This old collection looks OK. http://tedfelix.com/books/[^]
But why only books? Please check second link in my signature.
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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I actually read the "Danny Dunn" series when I was a kid.
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Buy him some pc / console games (and the console) and leave the little one alone !
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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How about this free ebook?
C# for sharp kids[^]
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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I don't know any particular book but there is a programming lanugage called LOGO from the department of computer science of the ETH Zurich which might be interesting for you and your children. This is the department where Niklaus Wirth used to work (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth[^])
Here an article in English:
https://www1.ethz.ch/inf/news/spotlight/ferienpass/index[^]
Learning a specific language is one thing but learning to analyse a problem and come up with a program to solve it is usually not done by just learning a language.
Here a script in English:
http://abz.inf.ethz.ch/media/archive1/unterrichtsmaterialien/primarschulen_stufe_sek_1/logo_heft_en.pdf
However, have a look and have fun!
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Scratch [MIT] is actually pretty good at that age. My kids had fun with the book "Super Scratch Programming Adventure!".
For Python, "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python" [^] is ok, but code academy is probably better, unless they get distracted easily by youtube / pokemon / fungames…
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There are a couple of pretty good books from Pragmatic Programmers:
3D Game Programming for Kids[^]
That one is in JavaScript.
The second is a 'Beta' book, so not complete yet, but they let you download it while it's being written:
Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins[^]
That one is in Java.
I've got both in my shopping cart right now...just holding out for a holiday coupon!
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke!
My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.
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Get the game "Robot Turtles". The kickstarter has expired, but there are games available starting today at [^]
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http://www.smallbasic.com/[^]
This is a MS curriculum targeted to children 10 to 16 years old.
Note: I have no experience with this, it is just something that popped up once in a too generic search for a tutorial and I bookmarked it.
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Looking for appreciation is different from looking for recognition ?
What does it mean if someone says, "I'm not looking for recognition, but appreciation"
May be recognition would involve tangible rewards in general? and appreciations happens through air?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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The teacher recognised Little Johnnie's writing on the blackboard, but she did not appreciate it.
speramus in juniperus
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Your Boss recognised that you fixed the bug, but since you built in two other bugs he did not appreciate it.
Veni, vidi, caecus
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Could that have to do with gin lunches??? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Little Johnnie on the board - always recognizable & always unappreciable. 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I appreciate that you're not smart enough to recognize genious when you see it. 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I appreciate your understanding.
what lil Johnny does is always inappreciable for the teacher & not for us.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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recognition: you acknowledge that something or someone is there, is real without a sense of good or bad.
appreciation: You not only recognize something or someone, but you also like it or him/her.
example:
at night:
I recognize my wife sleeping next to me.
I appreciate my wife not sleeping next to me (but doing other things )
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Do you really appreciate your wife 'not sleeping next to you'?
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Gawd yes. Have you heard her snore?  
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How do you know that she is snoring ? 
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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She is a married lady. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Who ? OriginalGriff??
omg! I thought he were a guy! 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Originally he were.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Trust me - everyone knows when she snores!
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