Lightbot: Code Hour

The ‘Hour of Code’ is nationwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week [csedweek.org] and Code.org [code.org] to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming.

Lightbot teaches a few specific coding constructs as well, common to many programming languages. The technical terms for those are:

Sequential Control Flow: Commands get executed one after the other.

Procedures: Blocks of code for taking advantage of re-usable patterns.

Loops: Blocks of code specifically used for patterns that repeat, or ‘loop’.

Debugging: Running and re-running a program, testing solutions, fixing mistakes.

Let’s helf our future generation learn from our mistakes

It’s pretty clear that adults don’t know much about money. To help the next generation avoid the mistakes of their elders, and to live with finantial freedom, they need to be taught the essentials about money at early age.

Children as young as three years old can grasp basic financial concepts like saving and spending. The sooner we as parents start taking advantage of everyday teachable money moments (for example, give a six-year-old $2 and let her choose which fruit to buy), the better off our kids will be. Parents are the number one influence on their children’s financial behaviors, so it’s up to us to raise a generation of mindful consumers, investors, savers, and givers.