Lesson 2 — Decompose the Problem: Big Jobs Become Small Ones

Level: Apprentice — roughly Grade 7 / ages 12–13 Duration: 20–25 minutes Format: Web sorting game (play right away, no prep needed) Concept: Next-level decomposition — split a big problem into sub-tasks and route each to the right team

Learning Objective

Kids break real projects (a school sports day, building a game) into sub-tasks and assign them to the responsible "team" — evolving primary-school decomposition into programmer-style project planning.

Do It Together (Parent-Child Co-participation)

Pick one big chore (clean the room, cook dinner) and have your child split it into 5–6 sub-tasks with owners — notice how much faster it goes with a clear plan.