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Coding Summer Camp in Lima, OH

There is no shortage of summer options in Lima, OH. There is a shortage of weeks a child talks about in September, and that is the bar coding summer camp has to clear.

Ages 7-14 · For families · Ohio · Midwest

Coding Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Lima, OH
Coding Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Lima, OH

What the week actually is

Most coding camps teach syntax and lose the child by Wednesday. This one teaches the loop — write, run, it breaks, read the error, fix it — because that loop is what a programmer actually does and it is learnable at seven.

Day by day

  1. Logic on paper before a keyboard
  2. First program, first error message
  3. Read the error, fix the error
  4. Build something with a user who is not you
  5. Showcase: hand it to someone and watch

Lima, OH — what applies locally

  • The Lima, OH metro area has about 100,881 residents, ranking 362nd in the country.
  • Metro area: Lima, OH
  • State: Ohio · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Lima, OH

Which language?
Block-based for the youngest, then Python. The language matters far less than whether the child will read an error message instead of panicking.
Screen time all week?
No. Roughly half the week is off-screen: planning on paper, tracing logic by hand, testing on each other.
Is it too late to start at 13?
No. Thirteen-year-olds move faster than anyone; what they need is a reason, not an earlier start.

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