Why should Kids Learn to Code?

 

There are many great reasons to learn computer programming, but here are my top two:
• Coding is fun.
• Coding is a valuable job skill.

Coding Is fun Technology is becoming a part of everyday life.
Every company, charitable organization, and cause can benefit from technology. There are apps to help you buy, give, join, play, volunteer, connect, share—just about anything you can imagine.
Have your children wanted to build their own level for their favorite video game? Coders do that! What about create their own phone app? They can bring that idea to life by programming it on a computer!
 Every program, game, system, or app they’ve ever seen was coded using the same programming building blocks they’ll learn in this book. When kids program, they take an active role in technology—they’re not just having fun, they’re making something fun!
Coding Is a Valuable Job skill Coding is the skill of the 21st century.
 Jobs today require more problem-solving ability than ever before, and more and more careers involve technology as an integral requirement. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that more than 8 million technology jobs will be created in just the next five years.
 Seven of the ten fastest-growing occupations in the 2014–2015 Occupational Outlook Handbook that do not require master’s or doctoral degrees are in the computer science or information technology (IT) fields. Mark Zuckerberg was a college student working from his dorm room when he developed the first version of Facebook in 2004. Just 10 years later, 1.39 billion people were using Facebook every month . Never before in history had an idea, product, or service been able to engage a billion people in under a decade. Facebook demonstrates the power of technology to reach more people, faster, than ever before.

Where Can Kids Learn to Code?
There are more places than ever to learn programming ,websites like Code.org, Codecademy , and countless others teach basic to advanced programming in a variety of in-demand programming languages.
your children can take free courses through websites like EdX, Udacity, and Coursera to extend their learning even further.