{"id":1542,"date":"2023-10-20T05:48:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T12:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2023-10-19T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:41:24","slug":"how-to-explain-coding-to-a-grown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/how-to-explain-coding-to-a-grown-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up<\/em>
\nby Ruth Spiro (Author) and Teresa Martinez (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> An in-the-know narrator instructs perceptive kid readers in the fine art of explaining coding to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn the basics of coding, including hardware, software, algorithms, and debugging. <\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

The author, Ruth Spiro, is one of my former students<\/a>.<\/em>
\nCopyright \u00a9 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up by Ruth Spiro (Author) and Teresa Martinez (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: An in-the-know narrator instructs perceptive kid readers in the fine art of explaining coding to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn the basics of coding, including hardware, software, algorithms, and debugging. Snippet: It’s … <\/p>\n

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