DoubleAMom Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I went through Super Scratch Programming Adventure last year with my DDSs. We all loved it, and they now enjoy playing around on Scratch and creating their own "programs." I thought the book was a great introduction to Scratch and programming. I'd like to continue to use Scratch next school year with my kiddos and am looking for the next step after Super Scratch that would still be age appropriate for them (6 and 8). Anyone know of any other Scratch books or programming guides that younger children could follow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Bumping this because I have the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara61 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Perhaps Python for Kids. My husband had my oldest start it after he finished Scratch. On the Amazon link there are more suggestions for kids to learn programing. Edited January 25, 2016 by mara61 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visitor Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 We are also going to start with scratch . Phython for kids is our next planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keirin Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hey ! :) I teach computer science at the high school level and I wanted to point you a few more places... Alice, like Scratch, is popular for teaching smaller children the beginning of programming concepts: http://www.alice.org/index.php Small Basic is a subset of basic with a friendly IDE. Though the FAQ recommends ages 10+ your 8 year old might be able to use this, or you might keep it in mind for the future - it's a move forward from Scratch/Alice in that you are writing actual code: http://smallbasic.com/ A board game that I do with my 4 year olds is Robot Turtles: http://www.robotturtles.com/ It can be modified to be more or less difficult depending on the abilities of the child and really does teach thinking programmatically. If you're interested in computer science as a broader field (not just programming), then computer science unplugged is a great resource for teaching computer science concepts without using a computer at all : http://csunplugged.org/ Kibo is a robotics kit meant specifically for early elementary age children: http://kinderlabrobotics.com/kibo/ And I assume you've seen Anna and Elsa from Frozen teach coding on code.org? : https://studio.code.org/s/frozen/stage/1/puzzle/1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammish Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 DS9 went through Super Scratch Programming a couple of years ago, and since then has just been looking at other people's programs, and watching YouTube videos on how to do specific things. But a couple of weeks ago I stumbled across and bought him Coding Games in Scratch, which is a DK book, and he loves it! The book walks you through how to make 10 very different games, telling you exactly what to code, and why. What I love is that at the end of each game, it has several suggestions for how to tweak the game, which are left as exercises for the reader. I think he's made about half of the games, and on every one he's done at least a few tweaks. He's been engrossed in this book since we bought it, and I highly recommend it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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