Diya Desai

The course description clearly lists beginner topics (printing output, reading input, simple randomness), but the overall format felt too intensive for our summer plans so I wouldn’t pick it for my family. Mild caveat: this is an invented example for a prototype and not an authentic review.

Good emphasis on practical skills like arithmetic operations, storing values, and adding simple randomness. I would have liked a bit more time in each 55-minute meeting to finish projects; that’s a minor preference rather than a critique of the material.

As a parent I liked the consistent, project-based approach where kids typed, ran, and tested code in each lesson and built something tangible by the end. The camp felt approachable for beginners and sparked an interest in exploring game design or more Python later.

Appreciate the step-by-step, eight-session approach described here. Lessons that have students type code, run it, test results, and practice algorithmic thinking through short projects sound well suited to beginners. Fictional