Scratch is a popular animation and interactive tool used to teach programming techniques. It's aimed at children, but can be used by anybody to learn programming. Here's how to use Scratch to ...

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.