Probably! When I was a kid I learned elementary Basic from Russ Walter's Secret Guide to Computers about a year before I ever put my hands on an actual computer.
I think it was helpful to know computers were nothing mysterious, they just followed instructions. Although I remember being really confused about whether "print" statements printed to paper or just showed things on the screen (which I had never thought of as printing).
I think it was helpful to know computers were nothing mysterious, they just followed instructions. Although I remember being really confused about whether "print" statements printed to paper or just showed things on the screen (which I had never thought of as printing).