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My First Python Words

With a grown-up, type your very first real Python code and make the computer say hello!

🎯 What you will learn

  • Python is a real coding language
  • print() makes the computer show words
  • Words go inside “quote marks”

👋 Let’s get started!

Big day! 🎉 You are going to write REAL code in a language called Python 🐍. Python is used by scientists, game makers and even NASA! Ask a grown-up to sit with you.

🪜 Step by step

1. 🐍 Meet Python

Python is a coding language. It uses words that look a lot like English.

2. 🖨️ print()

print() tells the computer to show something on the screen.

print("Hello!")
3. 💬 Quote marks

Words need quote marks ” ” around them so Python knows they are words.

print("I love cats")

🧪 Try it!

Change the code and press ▶ Run to see what happens. You can’t break anything!

Make Python say hello!

print("Hello, I am a coder!")

📖 Key words

Tap a card to flip it over!

Python
A real coding language 🐍
print
Shows words on the screen 🖨️
Quotes
The " " marks around words 💬

🏆 Challenge

Change the code so Python says your name! Then press ▶ Run.

Challenge

print("Hi, my name is ...")

Knowledge Check Quiz

  1. What does print() do?
  2. Which code is right?
  3. Python is a…
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