Earthmerlin Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Howdy. I'm thinking of introducing my 7 yr old daughter to Scratch. Is it recommended to have a book supplement--i.e., 'Scratch for Kids'--or can she just jump in online & learn as she goes? Also, we are considering buying her a Chromebook. Does Scratch work on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 My 6yo does Scratch and loves it. We have a book, but since it's all he's ever used I can't say if it's necessary or not. We have Coding Games in Scratch by Jon Woodcock. Since Scratch is done in a web browser, I would think you can use a Chromebook and get on the Chrome browser. I don't know if you would have a mouse slog with your Chromebook but I recommend a mouse with Scratch. There's lots of left clocking and right clicking that just really needs a mouse IMO. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisha Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Mine just jumped in and used trial and error: (What happens when I do this?). However, we did do hour of code (most of them for that age are called "block" as opposed to Java or other stuff) before hand, and I do recommend that-that gives them the basic idea of how it all works. (I think it's hourofcode.org) Edited February 28, 2017 by alibild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 My kids worked through a dk book of scratch projects. Seemed to be easy enough for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 My 6yo does Scratch and loves it. We have a book, but since it's all he's ever used I can't say if it's necessary or not. We have Coding Games in Scratch by Jon Woodcock. Since Scratch is done in a web browser, I would think you can use a Chromebook and get on the Chrome browser. I don't know if you would have a mouse slog with your Chromebook but I recommend a mouse with Scratch. There's lots of left clocking and right clicking that just really needs a mouse IMO. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for the tip about the mouse--good to know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Mine just jumped in and used trial and error: (What happens when I do this?). However, we did do hour of code (most of them for that age are called "block" as opposed to Java or other stuff) before hand, and I do recommend that-that gives them the basic idea of how it all works. (I think it's hourofcode.org) Thanks! Yes, she has worked on the hour of code as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Yes you can use a chromebook, ds7 does. I second a mouse. I have a book but have often looked up a youtube tutorial for him when he wants to do something specific. (Just preview of course, i haven't run across any with language or the like, but ....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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