I love this notion of "teaspoon" languages from @guzdial and Tamara Schreiner.

"TSP languages are about making it easier to integrate computing to enhance learning in other subjects…"

web.eecs.umich.edu/~mjguz/uploads…

@guzdial In many ways this reminds me of Etoys (vpri.org/pdf/hc_etoys_s…), but it suggests a slightly different way of delimiting the conceptual space of the "task at hand" vs. the more general purpose system underneath.