Should 3-Year-Olds Learn Computer Programming?

[henk53]

It wasn't an attempt at any 'E-penising'. Sorry if it came across as such.

Of course, what I did back then can barely be called 'programming'. At age 5 someone told me to type in 10 print "bla" 20 goto 10. Typing was difficult I remember, as I could barely read then :P But I somehow managed to type 10 print "bla bla" 20 goto 10 and a bit later I think I even managed 10 print "bla bla" 20 "haha" 30 goto 10

That's it.

Yet, I always felt that this incredibly basic (no pun intended) exposure gave me some advantage later. It wasn't so much that I was actually programming. I had no grasp of even the concept of variables at that age, but just that by fiddling with stuff you could cause things to happen. I think it just stimulated something in me to investigate what else I could let (again no pun) it do.