** 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].




** Diversions **

This section lists some Tcl programs that might kids might have a some fun
with, and learn something from.  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]:   

   [Playing with bits]:   Eight checkboxes that represent the bits of a byte
   
   [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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