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TEACH YOUR KIDS TO CODE.
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ISBN-10: 1-59327-614-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-614-0
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Payne, Bryson.
Teach your kids to code : a parent-friendly guide to Python programming / by Bryson Payne. -- 1st edition.
pages cm
Includes index.
Summary: “A guide to teaching basic programming skills for parents and teachers, with step-by-step
explanations, visual examples, and exercises. Covers programming concepts including loops, lists, functions,
and variables, and how to build games and applications”-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-59327-614-0 -- ISBN 1-59327-614-1
1. Python (Computer program language)--Study and teaching (Elementary) 2. Computer programming--Study
and teaching (Elementary) 3. Python (Computer program language)--Study and teaching (Middle school) 4.
Computer programming--Study and teaching (Middle school) I. Title.
QA76.73.P98P39 2015
005.13′3--dc23
2015006794
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