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Every now and then I do "math" with my son (5 years now).

I just use a terminal and "bc". He loves to type in numbers and + or * and see the result. And for + we "guess" ahead of time what the result will be.

What amazed me early on: bc has variables. I explained it to him and somehow he immediately got it. You say A is 5 and B is 1 then A + B is 6.

His attention span is usually around 5 minutes, but each time it's fun.

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Good stuff and congrats. I'm always amazed to see young kids get into coding and math. I think that's awesome.

I was so pleasantly surprised when she got the whole variables thing. I think drawing analogies to real life stuff is a sure way to get kids engaged, especially if the props you use are toys. About the attention span - yeah I noticed my 5 (almost) year old wanted to try when he saw his sister having fun, but then he got bored after a couple of minutes.

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