Ask HN: Generative art for Kids

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Which language and setup should I have to teach kids(age: 6-10) Generative art?

Background: I take art class of kids in Delhi, India. Now vacation time is coming and I want to teach them Generative art via Code. What kind of setup, hardware should I buy or build? I don't want them to learn code at first, but to play with code or abstracted version of code.

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Tracery is straightforward enough for kids old enough to read. It doesn't produce pretty pictures, but it might be a good fit for the older kids.

You might think of grabbing an OLPC machine, making a couple demos with turtle (like, lsystems or something else with knobs that are easy to tune), and giving them that.

You might introduce the concept with a physical toy like Spirograph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph

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