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Every parent looks for a good pre-school program to get their child started in education. At Primrose School of Evergreen in San Jose, the curriculum goes above and beyond that.
Anna Yin is the assistant director at Primrose where this summer, the school started an 11-week pilot program to teach 3 and 4 year olds how to code.
“So, when we do those lessons it starts with very beginning lessons, learning about patterns, doing sequencing, finding the loops to those patterns as well and adding the repetition,” said Yin.
It sounds complicated for a child to understand, but the pilot program simplifies it with “Colby the Mouse,” a robot that these youngsters use to learn how to code a pattern with using the buttons on the top to get the mouse from point A to “point Cheese.”
Owner of Primrose School, Mohit Patel said the school of around 200 students will be using the pilot program again this fall.
“It’s about how do we get the students to solve problems, how to critically think and how to get excited about the real-world problems they are going to face in the future,” said Patel.
Before these tiny techies get their hands on coding, teachers will start by having them go through mazes themselves to understand the concept of following a pattern. Even when they graduate on to using the mouse for coding, there are zero screens.
That was important for Patel who has a background in coding, working in biology and computer science.
“They aren’t using iPads or any kind of computers for it, it’s more about using foundational skills about of solving problems which for me is what coding is about,” said Patel.
Like all technology, there’s a learning curve in the coding classes at Primrose and not everything goes as planned. But each misstep is a learning lesson and one that makes getting to the right outcome so much sweeter.
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