Beginning Microsoft Small Basic Computer Programming Tutorial for Middle School Home Self-Study
Every kid who plays video games wishes they knew how to write their very own video games! With our “at-home” Computer Science For Kids Programming Tutorials, your kids can learn to develop their own kid-friendly non-violent video games and other career building computer applications with no parent programming experience needed. Our self-study and self-paced computer programming tutorials have been used all over the world by computer enthusiasts, schools, homeschool parents and homeschool co-ops for over 30 years.
The Microsoft Small Basic Programming Track is designed for students starting at 10 years of age. All of our tutorials are self-paced and self-study so they are designed for “parent-friendly” independent learning. Some students age 10-12 may need some assistance with advanced math concepts like square roots.
So where should your student start? If you or your student have no previous computer programming experience, we highly recommend you start with our Beginning Microsoft Small Basic Programming Tutorial for beginners. If you personally have experience with Visual Basic, Visual C# or Java and you want to provide some personal coaching and guidance to your student along the way, we suggest you pick the computer language you are most familiar with. If you and your student are both new to computer programming, start with the Small Basic Track #1 below. So with that introduction, let’s review each of our “parent-friendly” self-study computer programming tutorials in more detail.
The Beginning Microsoft Small Basic Programming Tutorial is a self-study first semester “beginner” programming tutorial consisting of 11 chapters explaining (in simple, easy-to-follow terms) how to write Microsoft Small Basic programs. It expands in more depth on the topics outlined in the introductory Small Basic Powerpoint Beta Tutorial by Microsoft. The last chapter of this tutorial shows you how four different Small Basic games could port to Visual Basic, Visual C# and Java. The programming tutorial is appropriate for kids, teens and adults.
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