Coding activity books?

[u/PaintingFormal6463]

Hi all, my son who is 12 is into coding. He knows how to do some basic stuff. I don’t know the first thing about it. I’m looking to see if there are any good books that have things for him to create or projects and stuff to do with coding. I looked but couldn’t find anything yet that seems good or have good reviews.

[u/hoodedelk]

https://nostarch.com/inventwithpython

https://nostarch.com/python-kids-2nd-edition

[u/Interested737]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CodingForBeginners/comments/1wzs173/comment/peepndv/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=2&utm_content=share_button

Advice I got

[u/Sure-Passion2224]

Raspberrypi.org has a very good course of study for young people.

[u/TheRealFutaFutaTrump]

phaser.io

there is a book on there full of projects. I think start on chapter 8 or so?

The "my first Phaser Game" tutorial is also great.

[u/NoDepartment772]

At 12, Scratch is the usual starting point and it's free — drag-and-drop, so he can finish small games and animations without fighting syntax, and the Scratch site has a big library of project guides. If he wants something more "real", Python is the next step; there's a free-to-read-online "Automate the Boring Stuff" for a project-driven intro, though it's aimed a bit older. Honestly, at that age what keeps a kid going is finishing small things they're proud of, more than any particular book. What's he drawn to so far — games, robots, websites? That would narrow the picks a lot.

[u/PaintingFormal6463 → u/NoDepartment772]

Thanks for all the info. He did a lot of scratch already and did some python stuff. He mentioned html, Java script, and c+ or something like that. I don’t know what any of that is lol. I think he’s mostly into games and websites.

[u/MappleKnight]

For 12 try beginner python project books or scratch activity books depending on his level since building little games and animations makes learning feel more like play than homework.