Perhaps the only online coding community that could compete with Scratch for kids’ attention is Minecraft, which aims to provide kids with a similar sense interest- and peer-based exploration.

Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Super Scratch Programming Adventure (No Starch Press, 2012).

On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

HIGHLIGHTS Scratch is an MIT Media Lab initiative to help you learn about programming and create mini-games of your own.

One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

It doesn't hurt that Scratch is 100 percent free to download and use, either! Kids can install it on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines after downloading from scratch.mit.edu.

MIT is teaming up with Google to create the next generation of its popular visual programming language "Scratch." The partners are working on an open source version of the language called "Scratch ...

One of the best way to get young kids started on programming is with Scratch, the MIT-developed programming environment that lets them script sprites and otherwise dip their little toes into ...

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids.