Pawel Labaj, the Lead Software Engineer at EPAM, has almost 20 years of experience in IT. Besides being a Lead engineer, Pawel shares his knowledge as a mentor at our eKids training programs. He is also a proud father of two teenage daughters. One of his daughters has just won the bronze medal at the European Coding Championship. Curious about how to inspire kids to join the program, open kid’s creativity, and get excellent results? Listen to this episode to learn Pawel’s tips and experience on teaching coding to kids.

Timestamps:

· (00:00) – Intro, ‘This or that’ game

· (02:30) – Why should you teach your kids programming?

· (04:15) – When to start teaching coding to kids?

· (05:30) – How and where to start teaching programming to kids?

· (06:30) – The best experience of being a tutor at EPAM’s eKids programs

· (08:45) – How to teach programming to kids

· (10:15) – How much time to spend on teaching kids to program?

· (10:45) – Best platforms for practicing coding skills with kids

· (12:30) – Contests and championships as means of practicing coding

· (14:30) – Scratch - the best resource for teaching coding

· (16:00) – Best resources for teaching logical thinking to preschoolers

· (19:00) – Best resources for teaching logical thinking to school kids

· (20:45) – How to motivate teenagers to continue coding?

· (22:45) – How to show hardware to kids?

· (25:45) – Message to parents: how to teach coding to kids

· (26:05) – Main takeaways and Outro