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Teaching scratch programming to 6 year olds

By parenting.is.fun, Last updated: Aug 12, 2008

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The conclusion seems to be that a 6 year old might enjoy making movies in scratch -- for example, 5 pictures in a sequence that show a person finding a treasure.

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There do no seem to be any resources made for 6 years olds to learn scratch. It also seems like 6 year olds are a bit young for programming. However, 6 year olds can start learning scratch by making "movies," that are made up of a series of pictures they draw in which something happens. For example, a scratch movie can show a person finding a treasure.

This has been my experience. If you want to read the full discussion thread on scratch, it is here.
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=357&p=1

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