Programming in the Primary Grades: Beyond the Hour of Code

by Sam Patterson

Overview

Programming in the Primary Grades demystifies teaching core content through programming. Without becoming a step by step guide, the text helps teachers visualize and implement learning activities that build on the engagement and excitement students’ experience when they are programming. While the focus of the book is programming, it isn’t about the technology. Dr. Patterson helps teachers visualize and plan engaging and empowering lessons that use programming as a way for students to share their developing understanding of a subject. Whether you have no tech or a full one to one program, Programming in the Primary Grades will get you programming with your kids in no time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475825435
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/08/2016
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Sam Patterson, Ed.D, is a K-5 technology integration specialist in Silicon Valley. Sam’s classroom is full of challenging and playful learning that puts the students and learning, not the technology, at the center of the lesson.

For more information, visit www.beyondthehourofcode.com

Table of Contents

Foreword Roger Wagner
Preface
Author’s Note
Chapter 1: Why Teach Programming in the Primary Grades?
Chapter 2: What Can We Learn Through Programming?
Chapter 3: Offline Programming and the Power of Dance to Develop Logic
Chapter 4: Programming for Pre-readers
Chapter 5: Blockly-based App Programming
Chapter 6: Scratch and Other Web-based Programming Platforms
Chapter 7: Learning with Robots; Lesson Design in Three Dimensions
Chapter 8: Programming to Learn Social Skills
Chapter 9: Programming to Learn to Read
Chapter 10: Programming to Learn in Elementary STEM
Chapter 11: Resources and Quick-Start Lesson Ideas
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index

Editorial Reviews

Programming in the Primary Grades is a valuable book for educators who want to share the powerful “hard fun” of creative coding with younger students. Clear and practical advice and examples make this a resource that will be read and re-read as the learning journey unfolds.

Sylvia Martinez

We live in a world where kids have the opportunity to invent and make whatever they can imagine. Programming in the Primary Grades is a valuable tool that gives kids the foundation they'll need to succeed in the future.

Adam Wilson

Programming in the Primary Grades is a well written guide to inspire and guide elementary teachers in creating effective lessons that work in programming. Kids need to learn programming in elementary school and this book will help do just that.

Esther Wojcicki