Turing tutorial/book that is easy to use?

[ANOXAN]

I am just a parent with no knowledge of Programming whatsoever. Please help!

I am looking for a tutorial in Turing for my son who just started learning it in school. He's in grade 9, with no patience for lengthy explanations. He likes learning by exploring, so he "plays" with Turing, changes commands and watches what happens.

He learnt some commands at school and on his own, but he doesn't want to follow the school curriculum. (not just in Comp Science)

He learnt something by his trial and error method, but I understand he needs a more structured way. Unfortunately, I could not find any kid-friendly books/tutorials for him. Only a couple very basic tutorials. One is beens.org. It was simple enough for him to use, but it doesn't have anything beyond the very basics as far as I can judge?

I am trying to find a way to help him. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Dreadnought]

The Turing Walkthrough is a compilation of tutorials posted on this site and a great resource which covers almost all the important concepts in Turing both basic and advanced.

Other than the documentation which comes with Turing, a reference of all the routines, there is little in the way of literature for the Turing language.

[Insectoid]

We've compiled a set of tutorials right here called the Turing Walkthrough. It covers quite a bit and goes into a fair amount of depth. There are also dozens of tutorials in the tutorial section, most geared towards students. We also host a copy of one of Holtsoft's own books, in PDF format, here. There is a copy of the documentation which contains almost all of the available commands in Turing here.

This website really is the best Turing resource available. You can always ask questions in the forums if you're stuck on something.

EDIT: Damn, Dreadnaught beat me to it.

[Dreadnought]

Oh wow, I never knew that book existed!

[ANOXAN]

Thanks a lot, Dreadnought and Insectoid.

The Turing Walkthrough looks great! We'll try it.

The book is a bit heavy for a 13 year old.