Hi, In my opinion, Haskell is a terrible first language to learn. It has a very complicated type-system, and it's restriction to purely functional programming does not convey very well how (current) computers work. Current computers work by you giving them an step by step guide what to do. This I think is what should be at the base of any beginners-programming course. There are also a lot of very basic data structures that can simply not be used in purely functional code like hash tables, pipes or random access arrays. Haskell also requires quite a bit of intelligence and perseverance to master. So unless your kids are all geniuses I would not recommend it. Python would by my language of choice. You won't have to worry about low level stuff or typing, but can still write those step by step programs. Cheers Silvio