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Hedy

https://hedy.org/

A programming curriculum meant to be a step between things like Scratch and Python. It gradually introduces concepts and syntax so the student isn't overwhelmed by e.g. punctuation. It also localizes keywords to a student's language, so e.g. print and for are translated into Chinese, Spanish, etc.

FatNums: an alternative representation for school arithmetic

https://parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/fat-nums/

The idea is, rather than performing carries, just write down the "fat" number in its place.

For example, adding 1234 + 5678:

1  2  3  4
5  6  7  8
----------
6  8 10 12
6  8 11  2
6  9  1  2

The result is 6912.

Instead of carrying at each digit, you "normalize" at the end. This could be useful for elementary students struggling with the concept of carrying.