Most "learn to code" stuff for kids is a worksheet wearing a mascot.

Homeschool and after-school families already know this. You sit down to teach computer literacy and the options are: YouTube (too loud, too random) or a $200 curriculum that still talks like a textbook.

What actually sticks is a story.

A kid who can tell you why the light turns on when you press the switch — because the tale was about a message traveling a wire — will remember that longer than any drag-and-drop puzzle. Same for the internet, passwords, what a server is, why "the cloud" is just someone else's computer.

That's the bet behind Little Tech Tales: illustrated IT storybooks. Picture-first. Short enough for a kitchen table. Dense enough that the adult reading along learns the industry language too.

If you're teaching computer literacy at home this year, try this once:

• One story

• One drawing of the idea

• One sentence the kid says back in their own words

That's a lesson. You don't need a lab.

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