You get a stage, with cartoon characters, and drag blocks around to control them. Scratch is easy to use, and generally fun. Here’s how to use it to learn programming and coding on a Mac.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. NARRATOR: To add sound to your card, first add an audio file to your project, and then program it ...

Scratch defaults to a cat’s sprite when you open it, you can add new sprites by using the buttons on top of the sprite list. You can export sprites to a ‘.spritefile’ which can then be used ...

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.

YEARS: 3–4, 5–6 Looking for a simple project to get you started in Scratch? Add characters, animate them, create and share your own interactive Holiday Card. Acknowledgements ...

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(Yes, you probably have to look that up now.) Over the years, I have learned to use different languages on different machines—some too obscure to be mentioned. Over the last 10 years as an educator, I ...