Mr Guthrie's Computing website

To learn to program, you have to think like a programmer

 

That means algorithmic or computational thinking.  Sounds complicated, but it's not that bad.  It really means thinking through problems step by step.  To do this you need to practice breaking down problems into steps and then solving them.  Equally, just practicing problem solving by playing games is a great thing to do.  Loads of games give you the skills here (most puzzles, Minecraft etc) and then it's a matter of giving it a go and keep trying.

 

When you are actually programming, always have an end goal in mind and then break that down into smaller steps.  If you are not clear with what you want to program, you are probably not going to produce anything that's much use.