Blank canvases for kids
HyperCard didn’t try to teach you coding. It really didn’t try to do anything. It just gave you a blank canvas that you could do anything you wanted on. This had two advantages: You had to work hard to learn, and you also had to use your imagination and creativity to find solutions and build the things you wanted. Swift Playgrounds: Should we teach coding, or creativity? source When I learned programming I did it the same way, starting from a blank canvas.