The Official ScratchJr Book: Help Your Kids Learn to Code
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The Official ScratchJr Book is the perfect companion to this free app and makes coding easy and fun for all. Kids learn to program by connecting blocks of code to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing.
Each chapter includes several activities that build on one another, culminating in a fun final project. These hands-on activities help kids develop computational-thinking, problem-solving, and design skills. In each activity, you’ll find:
–Step-by-step, easy-to-follow directions
–Ways to connect the activity with literacy and math concepts
–Tips for grown-ups and teachers
–Creative challenges to take the learning further
By the end of the book, kids will be ready for all sorts of new programming adventures!
The ScratchJr app now supports English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, and Thai.
From the Publisher
Author
Marina Umaschi Bers and Mitchel Resnick
Marina Umaschi Bers and Amanda Sullivan
Natalie Rusk and the Scratch Team
The LEAD Project
Max Wainewright
Anna Anthropy
Suggested age range
5+
5+
8+
8+
8+
10+
User experience level
Beginner
Beginner
Beginner
Beginner
Beginner to Intermediate
Beginner to Intermediate
Covers Scratch Version
ScratchJr
Scratch Jr
Scratch 3.0
Scratch 3.0
Scratch 3.0
Scratch 3.0
Description
Hands-on activities introduce young readers to ScratchJr, a visual programming language designed for 5-to-7-year-olds.
75 cards with step-by-step instructions for using ScratchJr to create interactive stories, animations, and games.
75 cards with step-by-step instructions that teach young readers how to code.
Best-selling introduction to coding with Scratch. Combines clear instruction with clever comics to teach readers how to make games.
25 full color projects show young coders how to build computer games with Scratch.
A playful guide to creating games with Scratch by a professional game designer.
Project examples include:
Animate a cat, build a snowman, and play tag
Make a flower grow, play hide and seek, and pick peaches
Write an interactive story, create a virtual pet, and play hide and seek
Build a soccer game, create an interactive maze, and play music
Create mazes, catch snowflakes, gobble up tacos, and dodge donuts in space
BBuild a game map, design animations, and create sound effects for your games
Product description
160 pp. full color book
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