Scratch is intended for beginners & children, It is a free, interactive, visual block based programming language that helps you learn computer programming without writing code.

At the end of the book are three Bonus Stages that provide a bit more hands-on activities (programming activities), a nice tutorial on blending Scratch programming with the PicoBoard ...

Computer programming is not usually taught to 8-year-olds. But a new system developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology turns building video games into child’s play. The system is ...

How Scratch works Scratch is an object-oriented language designed to be simple enough for anyone to use. Instead of writing commands out, users select commands that come with the program.

At a time when parents are eager to give their kids an edge in math and science, several computer programming languages have been developed specifically for children.