How to make computer coding child’s play

With programming lessons now part of the school day, can parents help their offspring get top marks? Fear not - toys, gadgets and apps are all available to make coding a fun part of growing up

Coding kids aren't a new trend. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Usborne Publishing was releasing books to teach children computer programming, with a range of other books, computer clubs and software following in their wake.

Now there's a renewed wave of interest in the topic, thanks partly to programming being part of England's national curriculum for children as young as five. This being 2016, there are inevitably apps for that, but also some inventive hardware. For children wanting to get in some extracurricular practice, these gadgets, programs and books could be just the thing.

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