EVERYONE LOVES SCRATCHJR!
CHILDREN
“It’s really cool—I can make whatever I want. I made a project of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!”
—Child, 6 years old, showing off his ScratchJr book report
“I was really excited to show my dad my space project. I was really proud of the characters disappearing and showing up again.”
—Second grader
“My favorite block is Repeat Forever. You can take the Move Left block and then if you put the red Repeat Forever block at the end of it, your car will move left and left and left . . . forever!”
—Kindergarten student
TEACHERS
“Students love exploring and discovering new blocks on their own, and I encourage the students to share these discoveries with their peers. I find that the best experience of the students is having them learn together.”
—Kindergarten teacher
“One of our report card skills is ‘child can follow multistep directions.’ You can see the kids practicing this when they sequence their programs.”
—Kindergarten teacher
“The students love working on ScratchJr, in and out of class. I like that they have to think in advance about what they are going to do and then test it throughout the process.”
—First-grade teacher
“Technology is here now and it’s the future, and I think the earlier that we can get kids into it, the better off they’ll be . . . and it’s fun. We all know that people learn when they’re having fun.”
—Second-grade teacher
PARENTS
“My daughter always thought that she wasn’t as good with technology as her brother, but ScratchJr showed her how much she was capable of.”
—Parent of a second grader and a kindergartner
“For skeptical parents out there, I would tell them to embrace technology and go for it with their kids. My daughter and I used ScratchJr at home and it was tremendous. We loved it.”
—Parent of a five-year-old
“I am proud to support ScratchJr. My son is already playing it on his own, making the ducks do crazy things (he was inspired by one of the sample programs). He’s just having simple fun with it now, and I am sure it is the best start for doing something deeper later.”
—Parent of a five-year-old
“I’m treating ScratchJr as another language. I think of it as a constructive tool instead of a game tool; I think if other parents approach it that way, then their kids will get more out of it.”