Teaching day 1
My kids are off at University and all my high school booster responsibilities are done. I've downsized and I have some extra free time. For years I've said that I would like to teach and a little opportunity to do just that came up. I grabbed it. I've found a company run by a tech guy in his spare time that offers various after school STEM programs. He's got loads of things he offers to schools / PTAs. This group selected an after school enrichment class in software coding. The curriculum is self paced and drag & drop. The essentially make programs out of virtual Lego blocks. Today was the first day of class. We're got kids from 1st grade to 6th grade. There's 13 of them. Some observations. Second graders are different than 5th graders. The little kids' fine motor skills are not as developed as the big kids. Mouse pad movements was often done with their thumbs. It's much harder for them to connect blocks correctly. Once co