[TriLUG] How young is too young for linux-ish training?

[David Reid]

I'd suggest getting him a WordPress website to use as a starter sandbox.
 Once he learns how to use the WYSIWYG stuff to make pages he can look at
and edit the themes code in the editor (which is come to think of it, is
very poor IMHO).  Probably better to show him Firebug and Amaya to view and
edit HTML and CSS.


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> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:33:13 -0400
> From: "Paul G. Szabady" <paul at thyservice.com>
> Subject: [TriLUG] How young is too young for linux-ish training?
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> Greetings TriLUGers!
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> My 7 year-old grandson has been asking me for close to a year to teach
> him to build a website.  Not knowing how to go about teaching someone
> that young, I finally just put up a site for him.  He loved it for about
> a week, then started asking me to show him how to make changes.  I would
> love to begin teaching him some basic html or maybe even some basic
> programming, but I'm stumped.  How and where to begin?  Has anyone ever
> run into this type of issue before?  And/Or does anyone have any
> suggestions on where to begin?  I don't want to push him into something
> that would cause resentment.  On the other hand, he is academically
> gifted in math and reading, loves science and excels in sports.  So he
> already has a track record of pushing himself.  If there's a way to
> "learn" together, I would love to have special papa/grandson time if
> there are any classes that we could attend.
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> Any/All thoughts are welcome!
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> Thanks!
> Paul
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