Coding with the Littles
Have you done coding with your littles? I'm currently doing Scratch Jr. with my Kindergartners and they are loving it.
What is Scratch Jr.?
It's a programming language that lets kids ages 5-7 create stories and games. Kids use blocks to create the code on their iPads.
On the left is where you add sprites (or characters). You can edit the sprites using the paint tool. On the right, that's where you see the backgrounds.
The coding is done with blocks. Kids just add a triggering block, some code and an end block. They just drag the blocks to the bottom. These are all the blocks they have access to.
- Animate your name
- Be a magician: make it appear and disappear
- The great race
- Make it talk
- Sunrise or Moonrise
- Make a collage