I would recommend also watching some screencasts - they are generally created in context of a specific technology not a language, though if there's Python code displayed, that'll do :). The point is - they're created by some good programmers and watching how good programmers program is a good thing. You and your brother could do some peer programming as well, that might be an even better idea. Just don't forget to explain WHY you do something this way and not that way. I think the best way to learn programming is from good examples and try not to even see the bad ones.

书籍:面向孩子、父母和祖父母的Java编程(PDF)

我没有使用那本书学习的个人经验，但它看起来很不错，因为它很快就能产生一些可见的东西，而且没有在语法细节上花费太多时间。有人试过用那本书吗?

我曾经教过编程，你哥哥有一个主要的优势，他比我的大多数学生都想学:)

如果你决定使用C语言，一个朋友有一个网站，上面有一些老一代使用的程序，被认为是基本的输入程序。其中更复杂的使用ncurses，这在某种程度上否定了它们作为教学辅助的作用，但其中一些是很小的东西，你可以在没有教的情况下学到很多东西。

我个人认为Python和Ruby会是很棒的第一语言。

编辑: 一夜之间出现的初学者编程作业列表可能正是你正在寻找的。

如何设计程序

计算机程序的结构与解释“，”视频讲座网址:http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/

Python is easy for new developers to learn. You don't get tangled up in the specifics of memory management and type definition. Dive Into Python is a good beginners guide to python programming. When my sister wanted to learn programing I pointed her to the "Head Start" line of books which she found very easy to read and understand. I find it's hard to just start teaching someone because you don't have a lexicon to use with them. First have him read a few books or tutorials and ask you for questions. From there you can assign projects and grade them. I find it hard to teach programming because I learned it over nearly 15 years of tinkering around.

我建议从C/ c++开始。我发现它是几乎所有其他语言的良好基础。此外，不同版本的BASIC语言最多也会很不可靠，而且与实际的编程没有真正的关联。