Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Covers Version 2)
by The LEAD Project · first published 2013
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Why HN recommends it
A comic-book format walkthrough that builds several games step by step. It is an engaging way for kids and young beginners to learn Scratch programming.
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…question (English is third language to us) and he skips those and continues the course. And every alternate days I sit with him for 2-3 hours and explain him the questions. I also got a PDF of the book Super Scratch Programming Adventure [2] (dead tree version isn't available in my country) and he loves it so far. He has made many games, as part of course and also on his own. He is proud of his accomplishments and I think thats great.…
on “My 7 year old wants to make a video game. Where do we start?” ↗I've been compiling Scratch books and here are my (and my kids') favorites: - Coding for beginners using Scratch (Usborne) - Code Your Own Games!: 20 Games to Create with Scratch by Max Wainewright - Super Scratch Programming Adventure! by The LEAD Project - Coding Projects in Scratch by Jon Woodcock - Scratch Programming Playground by Al Sweigart The list above is roughly in order of difficulty. The first two books have spiral binding…
on “Ask HN: Best resources for teaching my 8 year old to code” ↗They might like the book "Super Scratch Programming Adventure!" It walks through building several games in a comic-book format. I thought it was good.
on “Homegrown Computer Science for Middle Schoolers” ↗http://www.amazon.com/Super-Scratch-Programming-Adventure-Pr... Let me know if that works out for you! I've never worked with kids under 6 years old; that being said, I had to teach 10-15 kids at a time, and they did great. So I suspect a 4 year old with an…
on “Review: Python for Kids ” ↗Just started looking at this but could be really great: Super Scratch Programming Adventure! http://www.nostarch.com/scratch
on “Female Founders” ↗+1 for Scratch, especially if they are younger. My son (when he was 8) really loved working through the Super Scratch Programming Adventure book (https://www.nostarch.com/scratch).
on “Ask HN: How are you teaching your children programming?” ↗Hi all, I've just finished editing a new comic book aimed at introducing kids (ages 8+) to programming concepts, called Super Scratch Programming Adventure. It's a comic that shows kids how to create (and build on) simple, playable videogames in Scratch, the visual programming language from MIT's Media Lab. Read more about the book here: nostarch.com/scratch…
on “Super Scratch Programming Adventure--A new programming comic for kids” ↗Looks like you can get it for $13.96 at Amazon, which would be less expensive than 40% off of $24.95 (depending upon shipping etc.). http://www.amazon.com/Super-Scratch-Programming-Adventure-Pr...
on “Super Scratch Programming Adventure--A new programming comic for kids” ↗Two new books on the way from No Starch Press: Super Scratch Programming Adventure (http://nostarch.com/scratch -- available now) and Python for Kids (http://nostarch.com/pythonforkids -- available soon). The Scratch book is probably appropriate for ages 8 and up, the Python one for…
on “Teaching my 10 year old niece how to program.” ↗…I'm still in the early days of this, but recently my oldest has been getting into Scratch. I picked up the Humble Bundle Makerspace bundle [1] (4 more days!) and he's been working his way through the "Super Scratch Programming Adventure" at a decent pace, without much prodding from me. And now the payload of what I'm setting up here: When he's doing that, as long as he's making reasonable effort and progress (as opposed to just screwing…
on “How kids in a low-income country use laptops: lessons from Madagascar” ↗