Computational skills need to be reflected in curricula and practice, writes Marc Faulder in the first part of a new series on teaching computational thinking in the early years
Pattern-spotting and decomposition are two of the six fundamental skills required for computational thinking. Marc Faulder examines how they best fit with what is already practised in the early years
Computational thinking can take place in the kitchen, when sequencing stories, in experimenting with floating and sinking objects, and even when playing with toy cars, explains Marc Faulder
Activities that use computational thinking, such as giving a robot very simple instructions, teach problem-solving and encourages children to take a creative approach to technology. By Marc Faulder
Children can be introduced to the basics of coding at a very young age, says Marianne Sargent
What can settings do to provide technology as a resource that enhances children’s play and learning and enables them to be creators rather than just consumers? By Marc Faulder
(Photograph) - Marc Lambert, chief executive of the Scottish Book Trust, and seven-year-old Sebastian Darroch, of Tollcross Primary, Edinburgh, get down to some serious reading in anticipation of the...
A host of early experts are on hand tomorrow and on Saturday to lead our one-hour seminars at the show in Liverpool.
There's a wide range of top-quality training from leading experts in the seminar programme at Nursery World North 2018.
(Photograph) - Guitarist Marc Reynolds leads a singalong at the Bexley Centre for Music and Dance in Sidcup, Kent, which holds Saturday afternoon music sessions for children who have special needs....
