INTRODUCTION: This paper presents the lessons learned from a methodology created to support the teaching of programming for beginners based on Flipped Classroom and Problem Solving approaches using a virtual classroom and exercises linked with student leisure interests. OBJECTIVES: To help students stay on schedule and avoid discipline drop out. METHODOLOGY: we created a virtual classroom with different resources with videos, code examples, and exercises statements that allowed us to approach the interests of the students through situations anchored in their leisure habits. RESULTS: options and possibilities to integrate multiple spaces and tools on the Internet, examples of exercises related to the daily life of the students.