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Teaching kids computer coding a growing trend

Posted at 6:18 PM, May 13, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-13 18:18:50-04

More schools are including computer coding in their curriculum, and the students are younger and younger.

The programs incorporate games that teach students how to code.

"There's a bunch of characters and you learn how to speak a different language in computer," Isabelle Visser, age 9, said.

Jey Veerasamy started the program a few years ago and says elementary school is the best time to start exposing kids to coding.

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