mommysanders Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I just stumbled across the website Scratch and also happened to find out a friend's kid (age 6) programs games on that site for free. Does anyone here care to share a review of the site? What about books used to help with basic programming for the site? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Our friend recommends the book called Coding Games In Scratch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited September 2, 2016 by mommysanders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Scratch is absolutely fantastic IMO. 5 y.o. is a bit young to do much. Let your ds play around with it, of course, but plan to come back to it in a few years. I think it's much more useful around, say, 8 on the younger end to 13 on the older end. 9 or 10 seems to be the sweet spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 DD loved the Scratch Jr. IPad app and played it when she was 1st grade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) dp... Edited September 2, 2016 by Heathermomster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcitedMama Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 DS loves The Foos app but that's as far as he's gone with coding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 DS, age four, uses the Scratch Jr App as well. He played Robot Turtles, The Foos, Kodable, Lightbot, and code.org module 2 before playing with Scratch Jr. I don't know about the main Scratch site but the Scratch Jr, and the other beginning programs, do not require a guide book at all. The programming is done with blocks rather than actual code. Of the beginning programs we've used, code.org was the best at actually explaining and learning what and how to use the different types of code blocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Love scratch. Kids need to be able to read to do the programming - hard for my dyslexic. I often see that the "older" end of the age is early teen, but my 15 year old still does some things in scratch intermittently and it's quite impressive some of the logic and complexity he can put together. Mostly, I'd say it's fantastic for younger kids to learn programming logic without the details of a programming language. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 My 9 year old is obsessed with Scratch. He is writing his own games and learning a ton! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wathe Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 My 7yo and 8yo both like it. We've downloaded the offline editor to an old laptop for them. Once the offline editor is downloaded, there is no need for an internet connection so Scratch can go with them anywhere and no need for for me to supervise internet access. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 DD loved the Scratch Jr. IPad app and played it when she was 1st grade. DS, age four, uses the Scratch Jr App as well. He played Robot Turtles, The Foos, Kodable, Lightbot, and code.org module 2 before playing with Scratch Jr. I don't know about the main Scratch site but the Scratch Jr, and the other beginning programs, do not require a guide book at all. The programming is done with blocks rather than actual code. Of the beginning programs we've used, code.org was the best at actually explaining and learning what and how to use the different types of code blocks. I can't find the Scratch Jr app. Is it called something else? I see Scratch Maze, Start Scratch, and Scratch 2 Games. None of those I saw got good reviews. I have an iPhone, if that matters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 DS loves The Foos app but that's as far as he's gone with coding. DS, age four, uses the Scratch Jr App as well. He played Robot Turtles, The Foos, Kodable, Lightbot, and code.org module 2 before playing with Scratch Jr. I don't know about the main Scratch site but the Scratch Jr, and the other beginning programs, do not require a guide book at all. The programming is done with blocks rather than actual code. Of the beginning programs we've used, code.org was the best at actually explaining and learning what and how to use the different types of code blocks. Thanks! I will look into these other ones before making a decision. Very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 My 7yo and 8yo both like it. We've downloaded the offline editor to an old laptop for them. Once the offline editor is downloaded, there is no need for an internet connection so Scratch can go with them anywhere and no need for for me to supervise internet access. Great tip. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 https://www.scratchjr.org/ I am not sure this works on iPhones. The Scratch Jr. website states that it works on Android and iPad tablets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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