I just (re)noticed this, and I agree, a set of Teaching Patterns is the way to go.
One pattern to flesh out one concept, at a time, building as it goes.
Kudos for voicing it, cause it jelled for me.
That will likely be the replacement I take up in place of Tasks, I think. Tasks was useful in many ways, but after doing them for a while, they weren’t quite scratching the itch people had.
I had to dig to find this after some absence and, well, teaching is always a challenge and I appreciate your doing it and thinking about it.
I still do like the idea of teaching patterns that “flesh out one concept at a time”, the challenge being, I suppose, identifying the concepts to be covered.
I kind of see them as tools, like populating a toolbox…
I do remember at the very outset just wanting to light one pixel, then move it around…
Anyway, bravo and lets keep on!