1. The distinction between words that occur directly and words that are quoted seems tricky for a 5yo. - is it really necessary?
2. I played about with Scratch with my eldest daughter when she was four and had next to no reading skills. Having the program be made of blocks with differing shapes and sizes made it possible for her to distinguish between commands without recognising the words. It occurs to me that it might work well for Isla code to have such a visual block structure - there would be a number of ways to realise this.
My daughters are 6 and 9 now: I'll get them to take a look in the next couple of days.
1. The distinction between words that occur directly and words that are quoted seems tricky for a 5yo. - is it really necessary?
2. I played about with Scratch with my eldest daughter when she was four and had next to no reading skills. Having the program be made of blocks with differing shapes and sizes made it possible for her to distinguish between commands without recognising the words. It occurs to me that it might work well for Isla code to have such a visual block structure - there would be a number of ways to realise this.
My daughters are 6 and 9 now: I'll get them to take a look in the next couple of days.