My Son’s FIRST Webpage!

14. November 2008 by Shannon.

This is DEFINATELY a FANTASTIC moment for me - my son, Ev, is following in my webdesign footsteps!!!  I feel so .. wow, there are hardly words!  (don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll find some soon! LOL!)

Have you ever heard of Motherboard Books?  So many homeschool parents (heck, even school parents!) are trying to figure out how to teach their children USEFUL computer skills (yes, we all know they mastered the computer games while still in their diapers, ugh!) - and Phyllis Wheeler over at Motherboard Books has written some wonderful step by step books to teach kids just that!  She has a fabulous course on basic computer science, and also a book called Let’s Make a Webpage!  That’s what Everett used today (yes, you read that right, TODAY… meaning, in ONE DAY… not only did he create ONE page, but he made another I just haven’t had a chance to post online yet!). 

Wanna see it???  Huh? Huh? 

Okay… it’s basic, but it’s a WEBPAGE done by MY SON!!!! (okay, you seein’ the beamin’ with pride Mama yet?? *grin*) www.ratcliffeblessings.com/everett/codeindex.html.  

(I’ll wait while you go look…)

(fingers drumming on desk… hmmm hmmm hmmm….)

OH!  You’re back! :o)  See?? Isn’t it a nice page?  I love it… I love that my son learned to do it all on his own with Phyllis’ very excellent step-by-step teaching.  Ev also said to me that, even though he chose not to add in certain elements that Mrs. Wheeler explained, he feels that he could do so much more now himself just from the confidence he has built by playing with the program.  He says that he also loves that he understands what the code means (he’s always wondered how I make heads or tails of the code I work with). 

I wish you could’ve seen how proud he was to show his Dad what he’d done today in school.  Even my husband was impressed!  Maybe this is going to end up being his “Work.. er Hobby” thing just like dear ol’ Mom!

Let’s Make a Webpage is available at Currclick (it’s an ebook, so your child can even read it on the computer screen as he works… no costs for printing!!) for only $19.99!  Absolutely worth every single cent when you consider it might be a good start in a Kid Business… why not?  The course is designed for kids aged 8-12, but Ev is 14 and got so much out of it (enough to be ambitious enough to be planning several more webpages!)… it’s… well, it’s FANTASTIC!

Blessings!

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