Coding For Kids

Creating Avatars and Photo Editing

Avatar Creation Resources Dopple Me Minifig Generator Avatar Maker Get Avatars Mango Animate Superherotar Free Pik Photo Editing Use Pixlr to remove the background from your Avatar in order to use it as a Sprite.

Popular Programming Languages and Frameworks

Here are some popular programming languages and frameworks to get your kid started. Scratch – Block programming Python JavaScript Swift Swift Playgrounds HTML CSS C# Java Lua Unity Snap – Block programming Unreal Engine Arduino

Getting started with Scratch

Software Scratch is a Block based programming language. Instead of manually writing coding logic, the user gets to drag and drop logic-based blocks from the tools area onto the editor area. For example, if we were tasked with the following: when the project starts move your sprite by some number of steps then jump up…

Scratch Exercises

Change the size of your sprite with the arrow keys Exercise: Make the sprite grow or shrink in size using the up and down arrow keys. If you a need a hint or solution, click here. We will need blocks from the “Events” section. First select a “when space key pressed” block and change “space”…

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