The Official ScratchJr Book
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 143 pages
978-1-59327-671-3 (ISBN)
Description
From the creators of Scratch comes ScratchJr, a programming language designed for young children (ages 5-7). The Official ScratchJr Book is the perfect addition to the free app and makes coding and computer science easy and fun for all ages!
In The Official ScratchJr Book, kids learn by playing with programming blocks and building their own animated collages, interactive stories, and playable games.
Thirty step-by-step activities help kids develop computational thinking, problem-solving, and design skills. Each chapter has several smaller activities that build on one other, culminating with a fun, final project. By the end of the book kids and parents will be ready for all sorts of new programming adventures.
Reviews / Votes
"One thing that I especially liked was the curriculum connections listed out at the end of each chapter. If you happen to be a kindergarten teacher, and have access to tablets, I highly recommend checking this book out."-Gail Carmichael, Carleton University faculty and Board Advisor for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
"The Official ScratchJr Book is a great place to start. I highly recommend this book to all early childhood educators getting started with coding in their classrooms."
-EdSurge
"A book for the youngest programmers with lots of step-by-step directions and illustrations for getting the most out of the junior version of Scratch."
-Scholastic's Tech Tools
"Is it ever too early to begin programming a computer? By the end of The Official ScratchJr Book, kids will be ready for all sorts of new programming adventures!"
-Patheos
"The Official ScratchJr Book is a great way to dive into ScratchJr. It's fun, it's challenging, and you can do it too."
-Game Vortex
"This is a well-done guidebook to help parents, siblings, teachers, friends and other family members get up to speed quickly with ScratchJr."
-Phil Shapiro, Scratch Day volunteer
"The Official ScratchJr Book focuses on inspiring creativity and still can be used to learn the nuts and bolts of simple coding and logical thinking."
-STEM Friday
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Other editions
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E-Book
10/2015
No Starch Press
€15.49
Available for download
Persons
Marina Umaschi Bers is a professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development and adjunct professor in the Computer Science Department at Tufts University. She heads the Developmental Technologies Research group where she studies innovative ways to promote positive childhood development through new learning technologies. She is also the creator of KIBO, a robotics platform for children 4 to 7, which allows young builders to learn programming and engineering skills without screens.
Mitchel Resnick is the creator of Scratch, the wildly popular programming language used in thousands of schools and homes worldwide, with nearly 4 million users. He directs the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab and was awarded the McGraw Prize in Education in 2011 for his creative learning technologies.
Content
Preface
An Introduction to ScratchJr
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Animations
Chapter 3: Stories
Chapter 4: Games
Afterword
Appendix A: Transitioning from ScratchJr to Scratch
Appendix B: Reference Guides
Index
An Introduction to ScratchJr
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Animations
Chapter 3: Stories
Chapter 4: Games
Afterword
Appendix A: Transitioning from ScratchJr to Scratch
Appendix B: Reference Guides
Index