Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.90.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.048 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'python': 0.11; 'assignments.': 0.16; 'from:addr:timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'from:name:tim golden': 0.16; 'message-id:@timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'preparing': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.16': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'subject:programming': 0.16; 'tjg': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'math': 0.20; 'programming': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'python"': 0.29; 'classes': 0.30; 'primary': 0.31; 'system,': 0.32; 'class': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'weeks.': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'solving': 0.35; 'there': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'level': 0.37; 'offered': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'company': 0.60; 'son': 0.61; 'education': 0.61; 'taking': 0.62; 'art': 0.62; 'hours': 0.63; 'offering': 0.64; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'python-list': 0.66; 'realise': 0.66; 'u.s.': 0.69; 'from:addr:mail': 0.70; 'online': 0.71; 'url:course': 0.84 Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 17:19:23 +0100 From: Tim Golden User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python programming classes for children References: <240465ee-f83f-434f-8e51-db8be42fa7f7@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <240465ee-f83f-434f-8e51-db8be42fa7f7@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1435767571 news.xs4all.nl 2925 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59323 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:93378 On 01/07/2015 14:02, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > My 11yo son is taking the online class "Intermediate Programming with > Python" > http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/school/course/catalog/python2 > offered by the Art of Problem Solving company (AoPS). Classes meet > for 1.5 hours a week for 12 weeks. During the classes the instructor > "lectures" (types into a console -- there is no sound) and students > type answers to questions. There are weekly programming assignments. > AoPS is a U.S. company whose focus is preparing students for math > competitions. > > Are there other groups offering Python courses for pre-college > students? > I realise that this may not be the answer you want but: pretty much the whole of the UK Primary & Secondary education system, at one level or another! TJG