Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies

Intro
 Title Page
 Table of Contents
 Introduction
 About This Book
 Foolish Assumptions
 Icons Used in This Book
 Where to Go from Here
 Part 1: Getting Started with Coding
 Chapter 1: Welcome To (Or Back To) Coding
 Why Kids Are Coding
 Why You Need to Know Coding
 Where Do You Come In?
 Working with Young Coders
 Chapter 2: Understanding the Big Ideas
 Seeing the Big Picture in Coding
 Acting Out the Big Picture, Unplugged
 Creating an Algorithm
 Representing Algorithms
 Organizing with Sequence, Selection, and Repetition
 Including Randomness in Your Coding. Chapter 3: Figuring Out Programming LanguagesWhat You Want in a Language
 Free Languages for Tots and Kids
 Free Languages for Youth and Tweens
 Languages for Teens and Older
 Other Awesome (Not-So-Free) Languages
 Part 2: Getting Your Hands on Code
 Chapter 4: Working with Words
 Communicating with Text
 Showing Text Onscreen
 Words In, Words Out
 Combining Text Onscreen
 Formatting Text Onscreen
 A Mad Libs Example
 Chapter 5: Knowing Where You Are ... and Where You're Going
 Acting Out Position, Unplugged
 Setting and Finding Position
 Positioning Objects Randomly. Setting and Finding DirectionSetting Object Direction Randomly
 Turning
 Acting Out Motion, Unplugged
 Making an Object Move
 Asteroid Blaster
 Chapter 6: Getting Fancy with Graphics and Sound
 Sizes of Images and Sounds, Unplugged
 Using Graphics in Your Programs
 Adding Sound to Your Programs
 Creating a Sound Board
 Part 3: There IS Math on This Test!
 Chapter 7: Tackling These Ever-Changing Variables
 Acting Out Variables, Unplugged
 I Do Declare (And Initialize)
 Checking on Variable Values
 Incrementing and Decrementing Variables
 Creating a Stock Ticker
 Chapter 8: Computing Using Math. Acting Out Math, UnpluggedDoing Simple Math
 Doing Advanced Math Operations
 Oh So Mod --
Using the Mod Operation
 Ordering Those Operations (PEMDAS)
 Rounding
 Generating and Using Random Numbers
 Coding a Crypto Code Maker
 Chapter 9: Helping with Logic Operations
 Simple Logic, Unplugged
 Programming Simple Conditionals
 Advanced Logic, Unplugged
 Coding Compound Conditionals (aka, AND, NOT, and OR Will Get You Pretty Far!)
 Rock, Paper, Scissors
 Chapter 10: Getting Loopy
 Loops, Unplugged
 Loop Types and Structures
 Nesting Loops
 Coding the Classic Fibonacci Sequence. Chapter 11: Adding ListsLists, Unplugged
 Introducing Lists
 Sorting Lists
 Searching Lists
 Chapter 12: Coding Subprograms
 Subprograms, Unplugged
 Starting with Pseudocode
 Creating a Spirograph with Subprograms
 Coding Subprograms with Parameters
 Part 4: Applying What You Know
 Chapter 13: Fixing Problems by Debugging
 Debugging, Unplugged
 Finding Common Syntax Errors
 Finding Common Semantic Errors
 Strategies for Debugging
 Walking Away
 Chapter 14: Creating a Webpage
 Getting Set Up
 Creating a Basic Webpage Layout
 Getting Fancy with Color and Graphics
 Adding Hyperlinks.