Teach Yourself Animation Coding in Scratch 3: Programming for Kids and Beginners

Coding or programming from this book just requires a computer. This book will help develop technical temperament, logical thinking, promote problem-solving skills, promote creativity. Even if your child chooses any other career than programming or computer science, the coding at this stage will help them in overall development and problem-solving skills.

The “scratch” is a block-based programming language developed by MIT Media Lab and can either be installed as a standalone application or can be run directly through your web browser. The programming language is for children aged 8 to 16, however, anyone can join scratch programming for entertainment and learning. Scratch allows users to make small animations, stories, play music and develop small games.

I have read many responses of parents who are delighted that their child can code at the age of 6. In my opinion, do not force any child for coding. Every child has different taste and likes. Some like to dance, play or sing and some like to create game or code. Logical brain of some children develop late in their growth stage while some do it early. It is always suggested to encourage child for logical reasoning by playing board games or fun games.

If your child is young and fails to understand the logic, do not compare or get panic. Give your child some more time to develop. Ask your child to take scratch as an entertaining tool and game and not as a coding course.

Following topics are covered in this Book:
Contents
Note to Parents
Chapter -1: The scratch platform
The Scratch Platform
The Sprites
The Background
The code blocks
The code window
Start/Stop Button
Other parts of the scratch platform
Assignment
Chapter-2: The Animated Birthday Card
Setting the stage for animation
The Costumes of Sprites
Changing Costumes
The Loops
The Wait code block
Say and Stop All Code Block
Adding Sound/Music to the Animation
Chapter 3: Giving motion to Sprites
Goto Random Position
Glide
Move to x and y
Dancing Girl project
Chapter 4: Pong Game (Ball Bouncing)
Bouncing Ball from edge
Moving the paddle
Bouncing Ball from the paddle
Understanding Direction
Game end coding
End Game Screen
Broadcast Message
Adding Score
The Entire Code
Chapter-5: Simple Baseball Game
Sprites Required
Bowling
Batsman’s action
Shot on ball
Score Keeping
The Entire Code
Chapter-6: Balloon Burst Game
Required of Sprites
Transparent image
Searching transparent image on google
Adding an image as Costume
Moving balloon randomly on the screen
POP the Balloon
Solving issues
The Entire Code
Chapter-7: Balloon Bursting with Finger
Video Sensing
The Code