5 Reasons Why Teaching Coding to Kids of 5 Years is Important

Summary

As the world continues to experience a digital revolution, it is imperative to stay abreast of why you need to, now more than ever, be on board. This article highlights 5 essential reasons why young people should be drafted and equipped to win on the digital front.

Every parent wants what’s best for their kids, and they are willing to do whatever it takes to set them up for success. In Nigeria, education is seen as the most important tool for a kid to be successful, while this is true, the world is fast-changing, and education added with some other skill will bring a child better opportunities in life than just education alone. Such a skill is the coding skill. Coding for kids helps them improve mentally in their education syllabus, improve analytical and critical thinking and make them more disciplined and focused. Here I will share some important reasons why you should let your kid start learning to code as early as possible.

Coding helps critical thinking and problem solving

Codes are computer programs that give a set of instructions to the computer so that it can give the desired output. Understanding these programs in their basic forms help children develop reasoning and appreciation for systems and how things work. This can further open up their minds to how devices around them like mobile phones and applications works, which form a problem-solving mind for kids over time.

Coding teaches patience and perseverance 

Traditional education teaches kids that errors and failures are bad, but coding helps kids understand that failure is part of success. Also, to understand that patience and perseverance are needed to solve problems and to emerge from a failed situation. When coding, there will be errors and bugs, the process of solving these bugs helps them learn patience, and the joy of solving these problems makes them understand perseverance.

Easier to learn at a young age

A coding program is like a new language, French, English, Spanish, etc. It is easier to learn as a kid, while the brain is still developing. Learning programming at a young age put your kids at a very good advantage, as they can only become better over years.

Coding and Computer are the future

The world is developing every day, and new skill sets are needed today to be able to add value to the economy. There are more jobs and business opportunities for skilled coders than there are for some traditional careers; because the computer is changing the way we see the world, while mobile apps are changing the workforce. The earlier your kid starts, the better they become and the greater the opportunities they are open to over time so make them learn computer programming at the earliest.

Coding help kids have fun with maths

Coding is a problem-solving skill, while mathematics is also a problem-solving subject. Imagine having your kids learn how to code from the age of 7 years, they will logically grow their problem-solving skills without even knowing. And this will have a great impact on their knowledge of maths. If they can have fun while coding, they will have fun with mathematics.

Coding help build focus 

Coding incentivizes kids to stay focused. Focus is a major issue for kids because they have many things that can get their attention divided. Kids understand that if they stay focused and stay on the coding task, they will be rewarded with a creation that belongs to them, and therefore this helps them learn focus.

In conclusion, coding is a skill that kids must learn as early as possible, that will help them develop much better and make them more rounded in many areas of life. Coding is a skill that has an immediate result, so its incentives can help them build confidence in their ability to overcome any issues over time.