Coding Projects in Scratch: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Coding Your Own Animations, Games, Simulations, a (DK Help Your Kids)
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A straightforward, visual guide that shows young learners how to build their own computer projects using Scratch, a popular free programming language, using fun graphics and easy-to-follow instructions.
Kids can animate their favorite characters, build games to play with friends, create silly sound effects, and more with Coding Projects in Scratch. All they need is a desktop or laptop with Adobe 10.2 or later, and an internet connection to download Scratch 2.0. Coding can be done without download on https://scratch.mit.edu.
Step-by-step instructions teach essential coding basics and outline 18 fun and exciting projects, including a personalized birthday card; a “tunnel of doom” multiplayer game; a dinosaur dance party animation with flashing lights, music, and dance moves―and much more.
The simple, logical steps in Coding Projects in Scratch are fully illustrated with fun pixel art and build on the basics of coding, so that kids can have the skills to make whatever kind of project they can dream up.
Supporting STEM education initiatives, computer coding teaches kids how to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically, and is quickly becoming a necessary and sought-after skill. DK’s computer coding books are full of fun exercises with step-by-step guidance, making them the perfect introductory tools for building vital skills in computer programming.
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Publisher : DK Children
Publication date : August 6, 2019
Edition : Updated
Language : English
Print length : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1465477349
ISBN-13 : 978-1465477347
Item Weight : 1.51 pounds
Reading age : 9 – 12 years
Dimensions : 7.69 x 0.66 x 9.06 inches
Grade level : 4 – 7
Best Sellers Rank: #39,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Children’s Programming Books #59 in Children’s How Things Work Books (Books) #2,227 in Children’s Activity Books (Books)
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Amanda –
Top ranked scratch coding book!
My son read this book cover to cover when we received it. It has really cool and fun coding projects, and the instructions are very easy to follow!
Vicky and MC –
Good coding 101 book for kids
I got a B.S. in computer science education and a Ph.D. in computer science and am working as a software engineer. I chose this book to teach my son and his friends.This book helps kids create simple games, animations, etc., using Scratch. Kids should at least know how to use Scratch. They should also know concepts like loops, conditional statements, variables, events, and sprites.. This book also explains these concepts but it is very superficial.Your kids don’t know them? Don’t worry. You can learn all the concepts mentioned above for free on code.org site. I recommend learning the concepts there before starting this book. My son, a fourth grader, and his friend completed the basic concepts on code.org over about 12 hours. (about 6 weeks)This book introduces 18 small projects. Each project consists of about 10 pages. It is structured with step-by-step explanations to complete the basic projects and assignments to add additional features. Before starting each project, you can search for the project on the Scratch website to see what others have done. You can show this to the kids to set goals.Don’t expect to learn any algorithms through this book. This book helps kids create sprites and backgrounds on the screen and code them to interact.I highly recommend this book for elementary school students!
Lucky Customers –
Great Book!
My child loves these series and enjoys creating games very much!
Queen M –
Good just not for us.
It is easy to navigate but my kids boys 9 and 12 where just not interested I think they will benefit from instructional coding.
Erica J –
So helpful!
I started a Coding club at the kids school. It’s helped us all learn the ins and outs of scratch. The kiddos seem to enjoy the projects and are having fun engaging in STEM!
Creative Order –
Coding for Kids
This Coding Projects in Scratch book is definitely going to keep the interest of kids who want to code their own simple games and animations. The book does include directions for downloading the Scratch coding program online for free.
Pen Name –
Dated but still relevant
Not written in the latest code but it is still relevant to my classroom. The kids love the projects in the book.
claudezachary –
Get ‘Em Hooked Early
My 7 year old has been burning through this and the games coding book since Xmas. The instructions are super easy to follow and seeing his excitement at completing projects is awesome to experience.
quokka –
何故かpython版が送付されてきました。大変当惑・失望しています。
Christine Kerr –
This coding book is the BEST! I love that while my kids are behind a screen, they are also learning at the same time (not playing mindless Roblox games), even though it “feels” like gaming. I’m all about STEM projects and this one is fantastic. It’s also great as it’s forcing them to read and follow instructions. I have recommended this to other parents since buying it for my own, and their kids have also loved it. If you’re looking for a summer activity to keep the kids busy on rainy days or a special occasion, I can’t recommend this enough!
Mayank Maheshwari –
This is a great resource to get your young ones to get their hands dirty with Scratch and computer programming in altogether. My 9 year old simply uses this book as a reference and has now learned scratch and programming concepts like loops, memory and logics while having fun coding games and videos!!Save your kids from video games by giving this great resource and hook them up for their future success.Even my 5 year old is enjoying seeing his brother code and follows up the book codes which are beautifully illustrated to learn scratch on his own. 🙂
DaddyFixIt –
as advertised.