The widely used ScratchJr programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), utilized by millions of individuals (ages 8 and up), served as the inspiration for ScratchJr. In order to better support younger children’s cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development, the ScratchJr interface and programming language were updated.
What ScratchJr. does?
- Young children (ages 5-7) may learn vital new skills while programming their unique interactive stories and games using ScratchJr.
- Kids can create characters that bounce, dance, and sing by connecting graphical programming blocks.
- Children gain experience using the computer to express their creativity, design projects and solve difficulties.
- They enhance the growth of early-childhood reading and numeracy by using math and language in compelling and meaningful contexts.
- Children who use ScratchJr don’t just learn how to code; they code in order to learn.
Together with the Playful Invention Company, the Developmental Technologies research group at Tufts University, and the MIT Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group, they created ScratchJr. The National Science Foundation (NSF DRL-1118664), the Scratch Foundation, the LEGO Foundation, and British Telecommunications have all generously donated funds to the ScratchJr project.
If you appreciate using this free program, please consider donating to the nonprofit Scratch Foundation (www.scratchfoundation.org), which supports ScratchJr on a continuous basis. All contributions, no matter how big or small, are greatly appreciated.
