HappyGrace Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 come before the other? Just looking into this for dd11 and ds8. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 As long as a child can read fairly well (maybe 3rd grade level or so), Scratch is quite easy and intuitive. My DD started playing with it about a year ago, and has moved from simple animations to some fairly sophisticated little games. Alice is harder because of the 3D aspect-DD has had trouble putting objects together in ways that actually work when she writes the routines for them. She's enjoyed the tutorials, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmmIbrahim Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Ahh Scratch, so near and dear to our homeschool. All 3 of my boys (ages 9, 7, and 5) LOVE Scratch and would do it all the time if I let them! It is a FABULOUS introduction to programming and the forums are great places for kids to share their completed projects for feedback. It's free to download and create an account to share programs online (scratch.mit.edu) so I'd say download the software and see if your kids are interested. There are video tutorials at the site and another site (http://www.learnscratch.org) is another great starting place with more tutorials. My older son has recently been moving on to Ruby for Kids programming, so we haven't messed with Alice at all here yet, but you can't go wrong with Scratch as a starting point! Have fun programming! UmmIbrahim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 My 9 and 10 yro love Alice, but we haven't tried Scratch. My son started writing movies with Alice this year (he was 8), so it's doable for that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Dds 7 & 8 are loving Scratch. We are watching Alice tutorials and will experiment with it soon. Scratch is open & go, no experience necessary. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 My younger son was 5 when he started using scratch. They both use it with no adult assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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