What do computers do similarly?

Computers do similar things to a toy train that follows a track, they move from one point to another, making choices along the way.

Imagine you have a toy train that moves forward when you push it. It goes straight until it hits a fork in the track, then it chooses which path to take. A computer is like this toy train, it follows instructions step by step, and when it gets to a point where there are choices, it picks one based on what it's been told.

If you're walking from your house to the park, you follow directions: turn left at the corner, walk past the tree, stop at the big red sign. A computer is like you, it follows instructions written in a special language called code. These instructions tell it what to do next, just like the map tells you which way to go.

So whether it's your toy train or a real computer, both are following steps and making choices, they're doing similar things, just in different ways! Computers do similar things to a toy train that follows a track, they move from one point to another, making choices along the way.