In today’s world, technology plays an important part in child’s education. Before going to school, kids start understanding from Youtube videos, educational apps, and websites.
Data of subscribers base for popular Youtube channels among kids category
It can be easily said that in present time, it is technology which is driving child’s learning and future of children.
Children are also getting ready to learn in core of these present years technologies. So far, our school education was centered towards helping children in their literacy (language learning), numeracy (math), basic science knowledge (EVS, Science) and understanding of our society and ecosystem (social science). Countries are giving a greater push on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based learning. Whether it is India (with introduction of New Education Policy NEP) or new US school curriculum, it is clear that future is going to be around STEM, and technology will play an important part in child’s education from primary school. It is clear that benefits of coding go far beyond just preparing kids for a job in computer science. It can positively influence many areas of their development, from problem-solving to creativity, which have become required skills in any career.
Lets see how coding helps in child’s learning process. And why should parent encourage their children to adopt from an early age.
- Coding enhances problem solving skills
The basic objective of coding, is to make it easier for a machine to solve a particular problem. We have a particular process, which need to be translated into digital environment, and help people’s life through increase in efficiency, convenience and better output. For example, online ordering websites and apps provide convenient to people in ordering from anywhere and enjoy at their home.
For coding perspective, all the data and their updated status are getting available on real time basis from the restaurants and the customer who is order can place an order, pay for it, and track it on real time from basis. This whole thing required , understanding the existing process flow, and then replicating the flow through coding. Process charts, and flow diagrams are used in creating the digital work flow. This enhances the problem skills for person who is designing the system. As a parent, if you want your kids to be problem solver, then coding help in developing the brain of child, but doing required processing on visualizing the complete problem, and then approaching the solutions.
This chart indicate the process of problem solving . As we can see, coding following the same framework in designing any solutions. We can easily says that children who are well verse with coding are future ready to take any challenge, in any kind of situation.
- Coding enhances creativity of children
Problem solving by increasing technical productivity and increasing customer delight have been basics of coding. When we are designing a mobile application games for learning words , we create scenarios which helps design various pattern of words, similarity and design games scenarios which will teach vocabulary in easiest and fun way. This take lots of creative efforts in first visualize the screens, transitions among screens, color patterns, games controls etc. Keeping the screens interesting and interactive are creative efforts in making the mobile games useful.
Creating basic games like Tic tak toe develop creative and logical reasoning skills
- Coding Enhances Team work
Computer or IT department is divided into multiple sections – Programming, Database, Networking, Machine Learning, Analyst, Product, Designer etc. We have to communicate with multiple team, if we are creating anything in programming. We also need to communicate with our friends, or seniors for troubleshooting some issues in our code.
Hence , coding is a collective effort. When a child do a coding, he/she interact with other students regarding their part of work. This develops competitive as well team spirit among children, which will be very effective in longer run.
- Coding Prepares Kids for the Future Job Market
The job market of tomorrow will look very different from today. According to a report by the World Economic Forum, it’s predicted that by 2030, many of the top professions will involve technology and coding in some form. Fields like artificial intelligence, data science, cyber security, and software development are already expanding at a rapid pace.
Coding skills will provide children with a competitive edge in their careers. Whether they’re designing digital marketing campaigns, working on biomedical research, or even managing a company’s tech needs, the ability to understand and apply coding concepts will be a valuable skill. The earlier they start learning these skills, the more prepared they will be to thrive in a technology-driven world.
Source – US Bureau of Labor Statistics
As we can see from the above data, software industry is among has the huge growth potential with good perks.
- Coding Teaches Perseverance and Patience
Coding is a great exercise in teaching patience among children. When someone starts coding, he/she start with learning new coding tools or languages. Errors keep coming, when doing new work, which are natural part of the process. Learning to code teaches children how to deal with frustration and work through setbacks. Instead of giving up when things don’t go as planned, they learn to stay focused, take a step back, and keep trying until they reach a solution.
This ability to persevere through challenges and not give up easily is a valuable life lesson. In fact, this kind of persistence can make the difference between success and failure, both academically and personally.
- Most important, coding is Fun!
There is lot of fun involved in learning coding. Even if you are learning scratch for designing a game, or learning python, or learning wed development, coding is always fun and joyful. From building their own video games to designing fun websites, kids can see the immediate results of their work, which makes the process even more enjoyable.
End Note
This article describes how coding is important part of education for children. Learning coding is much more than just learning a technical skill. It helps children develop essential life skills, such as problem-solving, creativity, logical thinking, and resilience. It prepares them for future careers and provides them with the tools to engage meaningfully.
As a parent, it is important that you understand the importance of coding , and make your child learn coding.
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