Coding for Beginners Using Scratch (Coding for Beginners);Coding for Beginners

by Jane Chisholm

An introduction to coding for complete beginners, this friendly and accessible book will teach children the basics of Scratch (a free, online programme developed by MIT which is widely used in primary schools), allowing them to get inside the code of their computer and create simple games and animations on screen.

Genres: Coding, Childrens, Reference, Nonfiction

96 pages, Spiral-bound

First published December 29, 2015

About the author

As Editorial Director at Usborne, Jane oversees books about absolutely everything. She grew up in Moscow, Singapore, and in a forest in Sussex, building treehouses and pretending to be one of the Famous Five. Before university she was a social worker in Botswana and camped under the stars in the Kalahari Desert.

Reviews

[Nicola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coding for beginners using Scratch
Step-by-step instructions for getting started and for making games, animations and more.
What is coding? -- Starting Scratch -- First projects: Cat and mouse -- Dancing sprites -- Build a band -- Bool -- Drawing -- Once upon a time -- Painting sprites -- Guess the number -- Bat and ball -- Pattern make -- Virtual pet -- Games: Racing car -- Space adventure -- Jump -- Balloon pop -- Useful stuff: Saving and sharing -- Menu guide -- Glossary.

Complete with HEAPS of information, instructions, and PDFs on the Usborne site to go with the book: Usborne

Miss 3 (ASD) picked this up in the library and we decided to give it a go. Scratch is simple and easy to use with a lot of background coding for each of the 'jigsaw buttons' that are used to build the programmes. The instructions are clear to follow and we used them as guidelines only since my budding Art Director insisted on changing all the elements of each project and making them more complex! Have already recommended to other parents in conversation.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice for students to use when beginning coding.

[Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title is not right for this book. It should be "Coding for Beginners using Scratch".