Digital Smarts - Coding Class for the Kindergarten Set

With New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio's recent announcement that he intends to require teaching of computer science in all grades for all students, there is increased interest in even the very young learning to code. A recent article on the National Public Radio site takes on the topic of coding in kindergarten and lays out the pros and cons, concluding with a list of some coding resources – apps and toys – for teaching programming skills in elementary school.