Starting in Scratch with CSFirst

What is Scratch?

Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations.

Millions of people are creating Scratch projects in a wide variety of settings, including homes, schools, museums, libraries, and community centers.

What is CS First?

CS First is a great platform made by Google. It helps kids al around the World learn to code. 

We use CS First as it takes us through all the important steps for learning to code with blocks. 

Getting started

To get started, simply click on this link:

Getting Started with CS First

Then start working through the first lessons. Easy!

Getting Started in Scratch

To get started, go to the official Scratch website here:

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Signing in or Joining

You may already have a Scratch account. If so, just click Sign in

If you don't you'll want to click the Join button or click this link:

https://scratch.mit.edu/join

Joining takes a bit of time but means that all your projects will be saved and available wherever you are