{"id":7751,"date":"2023-03-21T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/programming-an-essential-skill-in-the-digital-age\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:39:32","slug":"programming-an-essential-skill-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/programming-an-essential-skill-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Programming: an essential skill in the digital age"},"content":{"rendered":"

Programming is an essential <\/span>essential skill <\/b> in the digital era in which we live. It is one of the <\/span>tools<\/b> The company’s most important tools for solving problems and creating solutions in a variety of fields, from technology to medicine to engineering. Today, it is one of the most demanded subjects in schools around the world, although it is not yet part of the school curriculum in many of them. For this reason, it is <\/span>fundamental<\/b> that children learn to program from an early age. <\/span>early age<\/b> using resources adapted to them. <\/span> <\/p>\n

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What is programming?<\/b><\/p>\n

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Programming is the language of <\/span>language of technology and machines<\/b>was created by human beings in order to make machines understand us and do what we want them to do. It has different languages, i.e. different ways of giving commands to the machines. Through these languages we can write codes, combining words and symbols, which will form commands. <\/span>In short, programming is the process of creating a set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a specific task. <\/span>set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a specific task.<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning to program means learning how to write these instructions in a programming language. This requires <\/span>logical thinking skills<\/b> y <\/span>mathematical thinking skills<\/b>and mathematical thinking skills, and also involves the c<\/span>apacity to analyze<\/b> y <\/span>solve problems<\/b>. But that’s not all: programming improves the <\/span>creativity<\/b> and develops the ability to <\/span>think<\/b> in a more rational <\/span>rational way.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Why is it important for children to learn to program?<\/b><\/p>\n

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There are many reasons why it is important for children to learn to program. Here are some key reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n