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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
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
Children can be introduced to the basics of coding at a very young age, says Marianne Sargent
(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...
Family fortunes: the new politics of childhood Edited by Patrick Diamond, Sunder Katwala and Meg Munn
By Professor Peter Moss of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University of London's Institute of Education There is a case for saying we want to seek a new relationship between early childhood and...
Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since...