This not only helps grasp the concepts of programming but the tool itself is also fun to use. Scratch – Learn computer programming Scratch has been around for quite some time now.

Scratch Day 2009 – Computer Programming for Kids Community Voices By Phil Shapiro, May 7, 2009 4:10 am PDT ...

Activities: Teach loops, conditionals, and variables in Scratch. This is where the book “Everything You Need to Ace Computer Science and Coding in One Big Fat Notebook” will come in handy to ...

Much has changed since we introduced the first generation of our Scratch programming language and online community, back in 2007. Back then, most K-12 educators saw computer programming as a narrow ...

Adams was demonstrating a game he made via Scratch, a program invented by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch teaches the basic skills of computer programming, and the seven ...

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Computer programmers and software engineers are urging that students, even as early as elementary school, learn how to design and write source code for computers.

With computer science and other STEM fields continuing to grow, it's smart to empower kids to problem-solve through coding — and allow them to learn how to build whatever they want.

Many parents are eager, too. According to Code.org, a nonprofit aiming to increase computer science education, 90 percent of parents want their children to study computer science in school.

News Scratch Day 2009 – computer programming for kids By Phil Shapiro Macworld MAY 7, 2009 3:24 am PDT ...