Provide a brief tutorial on Scratch interface and basic features (can even use the built in ones through Scratch). Hands-on activity: Create a simple Scratch project to move a sprite. Day 2: Basics of ...

I started learning programming in eighth grade. It was on my school's first Apple II and the program that most sticks in my head was a short BASIC routine that had a small square bouncing around ...

And Scratch has the ability to grow with children and really become a hobby for them.” The Powerpuff Girls free coding tutorial is available here.

A new book from No Starch Press, Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games makes it even easier to teach your kids basic programming skills.

This computer programming app is so easy to use that even a kindergartener can do it. Researchers in Massachusetts have created a basic computer coding app that they say is the first designed ...

He was instantly engaged. While he was playing--creating stories through an interface that teaches the basics of coding--I shot an email to Mitchel Resnick, one of the creators of Scratch.

Perhaps the only online coding community that could compete with Scratch for kids’ attention is Minecraft, which aims to provide kids with a similar sense interest- and peer-based exploration.