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Code Quest: Scratch

Programming, by snapping blocks together.

Ages: 7 – 12

What students learn

The world’s most-used kid-coding platform, taught the way it’s actually used: students don’t just snap blocks — they ship a finished, published game to the global Scratch community that family and friends can actually play. Every programming concept here (sequence, loop, conditional, variable, event) transfers directly to every text-based language they’ll touch afterwards. The bigger win: a child who has put a working artifact on the internet knows they can do it again.

By the end students can read a Scratch project and predict what it does, then change one thing and see what happens. They’ve published a real game to the Scratch community that family and friends can actually play.

Module-by-module

01

Welcome to Scratch

Sprites, stage, blocks. Sprite moves with arrow keys.
02

Loops & timing

Forever, repeat, wait. A sprite that paces back and forth.
03

Conditionals

If-then, if-then-else. Catch-the-apple mini-game.
04

Variables & score

Score, lives, timer. A mini-game with a scoreboard.
05

Stories & sound

Costumes, sound, broadcast. An animated 3-scene story.
06

Remix culture

Fork a project, improve it. Personal twist on a remix.
07

Game project, part 1

Design + sprites. Playable rough cut.
08

Game project, part 2

Polish + share. Published game on scratch.mit.edu.

What they make

A published Scratch game that family and friends can actually play.

Walk away with

Sequence / loop / conditional / variable as durable mental models. Comfort reading other people's code via Scratch remix culture. A real internet artifact they made.

Learn on your own pace

This course can be self-studied end-to-end using these vetted free resources. Work through them at your own pace — alone, or with a parent alongside.

Honorable mentions

Next step

C3 First Python for text-based programming — or stay in Scratch and remix for fun.

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