** Description **

This page presents a list resources to help children learn Tcl, sorted into an
order which might be useful as a course of study


** The List **

        [A funny cookbook]:   

        [Canvas Object Movement Example]:   

        [99 bottles of beer]:   

        [http://www.ynform.org/w/Pub/TkTutorialMagicEightBall%|%Magic Eight Ball, a novice tutorial for kids]:   

        [A minimal editor]:   

        [Animations on a Canvas]:   

        [A minimal editor explained]:   

        [Elementary Computer Graphics: Drawing with Pixels ,Michael J. Norton ,2003]:   

        [A simple memory game]:   

        [A little Tic Tac Toe game]:   

        [Nine Men Morris]:   

        [A little Yahtzee game]:   

        [TkOverload]:   

        [A symmetric doodler]:   

        [Elevator simulation]:   

        [TkPong]:   

        [Moon Lander]:   

        [Spheres]:   

        [klepsydra]:   

        [Simple Space Ship Game]:   



[http://www.etoyoc.com/tclgames/%|%Computer Game Designing on the Macbook%|%] ,[Sean Deely Woods%|%Sean Woods]



** Programming Games **

   [Robbie the Robot], by [WHD]:   A game intended to teach simple programming skills (in Tcl, naturally).

   [Turtleshell], by [RS]:   A small entironment for playing with Tcl and [Turtle graphics the LOGO way].




** Diversion **

This section lists Tcl programs that might pique kids interest, and provide
food for thought.  The code itself may be too complex for the beginner level,
so should probably be elided until more proficiency is gained.

   [Slideshow of words for teaching reading]:   

   [Classic Eliza]:   
   
   [Rain Storm]:   
   
   [Particle System]:   
   
   [Fun with functions]:   
   
   [Tkeyes]:   

   [A letter toy]:   displays a single letter, a [harmonic color wheel], and makes some noise.  Good for kids 3 and under.



** Resources **

   [Agents, sprites and young programmers]:   
   
   [Teach programming to children]:   
   
   [programmed story telling]:   
   
   [gidrw]:   
   
   [http://www.cwflynt.com/CS146GameLab/%|%Clif Flynts CS 146 Game Lab (Tcl for Teens)%|%]:   





** Learning Math with Tcl **

*** Geometry ***

   [klepsydra]:   



** Non-Tcl Resources **

These things might inspire the young mind

   [http://www.alice.org/%|%Alice]:   teaches computer programming in a 3-D enviornment. bsd-style license

   [http://www.codecademy.com%|%Code Academy]:   Learn to code interactively, for free (but not Tcl)

   [http://www.geogebra.org%|%GeoGebra%|%]:   free mathematics software for learning and teaching

   [http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-teach-programming-to-kids/%|%How To Teach Programming To Kids] ,Chris Pirillo ,2009:   

   [http://marshallbrain.com/kids-programming.htm%|%Teaching your kids how to write computer programs] ,Marshal Brain:   

   [http://happynerds.net/%|%happynerds.net]:   Programming for kids

   [http://teachingkidsprogramming.org/blog/kids-learning-programming/%|%Teaching Kids Programming]:   

   [http://www.codeschool.com/%|%codeschool]:   commercial site offering subscription-based courses for various languages (but not Tcl)




** Non-Tcl Reading **

   [http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/543%|%Discussion of Don Box: Teaching my kids to program]:   



** Assignments (ordered efficient learning) **

*** any ***

Write a procedure called "any" that is true when any items of one list are in
another list, and false otherwise.  In the example below, "are" and "fruits"
are procedures

======
any {apples bananas oranges carrots} fruits
======

*** all ***

Write a procedure called "all" that is true when all items of one list are in
another list, and false otherwise

======
all {apples bananas oranges carrots} fruits
======


*** which ***

Write a procedure called "which" whose value is a list of items from a list
that pass a certain test.

======
which {apples bananas oranges carrots} fruits
======

*** are ***

Write a procedure called "are" whose value is a list containing "yes" or "no"
for each item from from another list, depending on whether the item from the
other list passed a specified test.

======
are {apples bananas oranges carrots} fruits
======

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