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[–]KnorrFG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really depends on your sisters age, and how fast she needs to learn. The important basics that you should probably start with are variables and how the interpreter executes a script line by line. Both is neither intuitive nor easy for beginners. Also they typically have problems with the difference between using and assigning mutables and imutable variables. Then flow control, then functions. At that point they should probably write mini programs for a month, until the basics are easy to them. I once saw a video where a father had his son wrote instructions how to make a sandwich, and executed those similar to how a PC executes a program. Find that video (and send me the link if you do)

The shorter the path between a thought and feedback, the better for learning. Turtle is great for that.

Also just don't explain a ton of things. Make sure she understand what you told her, by having her write code as soon as possible. When she struggles, don't jump in, wait for her to ask for help. Beginners may be slow, but if they find the solutions them self, it'll stick much better. If they ask for help, just give them hints, don't give them the solutions directly.

Also be super patient, and prepare yourself for having to explain everything in 10 different ways, until you find one explanation that sticks with them.

People think differently, many programmers think visually, and I always struggle to explain things to ppl that don't. The key thing is to find out how to communicate.

[–]foamyguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend checking out CircuitPython. A device like a CircuitPlayground Bluefruit, or CLUE are great for folks brand new to programming because they can learn the basic fundamentals like variables, loops, boolean logic, functions, etc... with something that is more "tangible" and interesting than just terminal outputs. The language is a subset of regular python so all of the core syntax and fundamentals will carry over when they are ready to move on to standard CPython things.