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Coding for Kids with Scratch

Make games and animations with Scratch blocks

  • Free ebook
  • Beginner
  • 28 pages
  • 120 KB
  • PDF, English
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About this ebook

What you will learn

A friendly first coding book for children of class 3 to 8 and their teachers. You will learn the Scratch editor, sprites, events, loops, conditions, variables and broadcasting, then build eight projects step by step, from a dancing cat to a maze, a quiz, a piano and a pong game, and learn to fix bugs and share your work safely.

Who it is for

Children of class 3 to 8 and their teachers.

Contents

  1. Meet Scratch
  2. A tour of the editor
  3. Motion, looks and sound: the dancing cat
  4. Events and broadcasting: a talking story
  5. Loops and conditions: the maze game
  6. Variables: catch the apple and a quiz
  7. Drawing and music: the pen and the piano
  8. Project 8: Simple pong
  9. Debugging: finding and fixing mistakes
  10. Sharing safely and what to try next

At the end of the book

  • Practice questionsTo check what you have learnt, with the answers after them.
  • GlossaryThe key words of the book, each explained in one sentence.
  • Easy EnglishShort sentences and everyday words, with each new word explained the first time.

Reading, printing and sharing

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  2. To printThe pages are A5, half the size of A4. Choose two pages per sheet in the print settings to fit two pages on each A4 sheet.
  3. To shareSend the link to this page, or the PDF itself, to friends, classmates or students. The book is free for everyone.

Safety first. Electronics in these books runs on cells and batteries of up to 12 V, never on mains electricity. Soldering, hot glue, cutters and chemicals need an adult nearby for younger students.

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