An Introduction to ScratchJr
- What Is ScratchJr?
- Why Was ScratchJr Created?
- Who Is This Course For?
- What Do You Need?
- What’s in This Course?
- How Should You Use The Tools?
Part 1:
Getting Started
Activity 1: Throw a Dance Party!
- Step 1: Open the App
- Step 2: Make a New Project
- Step 3: Make the Cat Move!
- Step 4: Use the Green Flag
- Step 5: Add a Background
- Step 6: Add Another Character
- Step 7: Don't Just Dance, Say Something!
- Step 8: Add a Title
- Step 9: Name Your Project
- Step 10: Save Your Project
Don't Be Afraid to Explore!
- Undoing and Redoing
- Deleting Objects
- Deleting Blocks
- A Guided Tour of the ScratchJr Interface
Part 2: Animations
Activity 2:
Make Your Cat Move!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Spelling a name
- Math connection: Seeing how many ways you can get to 10
Activity 3: Make Your Cat Turn!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Describing feelings
- Math connection: Telling time
Activity 4: Let’s Play Hide-and-Seek!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Telling a story
- Math connection: Observing and counting
Activity 5: Do Something Over and Over!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Comparing your scripts to sentences
- Math connection: Comparing two scripts
Project Time! Old MacDonald’s Farm
- How to Make It
- Hints
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Building new vocabulary
- Math connection: Counting the blocks you've used
Part 3: Stories
Activity 6: Find your voice
- Find Your Voice!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Presenting
- Math connection: Adding and subtracting
Activity 7: Turn the Page!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Telling Your Own Stories
- Math Connection: Sequencing Your Story
Activity 8: Change the Pace!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It .
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Creating Announcements
- Math Connection: Timing the Race
Activity 9: Stop and Look!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge? Literacy Connection: Adding Narration
- Math Connection: Changing the Wait Time
Activity 10: Wait Your Turn!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Using Full Sentences
- Math Connection: Counting the Wait Time .
Activity 11: Build a Snowman!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Asking Questions
- Math Connection: Counting the Circle
Project Time! The Tortoise and the Hare
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Creating a Digital Book
- Math Connection: Making Characters Move
Part 4: Games
Activity 12: Pick a Peach!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy connection: Adding to the story
- Math Connection: Composing and Comparing Shapes
Activity 13: Blast Off!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Getting Ready for Takeoff
- Math Connection: Counting Backward
Activity 14: Play Tag!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Creating a Conversation Between Friends
- Math Connection: Estimating
Activity 15: Guess the Odd One Out!
- What You’ll Learn
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Writing the Game Directions
- Math Connection: Writing Your Own Math Problems
Project Time! Cats Versus Birds
- How to Make It
- Looking for a Challenge?
- Literacy Connection: Turning Your Game into a Story
- Math Connection: Keeping a Tally