ScratchJr
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About ScratchJr
ScratchJr is an introductory programming language that enables young children (ages 5 and up) to create their own interactive stories and games. Children snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Children can modify characters in the paint editor, add their own voices and sounds, even insert photos of themselves -- then use the programming blocks to make their characters come to life.
ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of young people (ages 8 and up) around the world. In creating ScratchJr, we redesigned the interface and programming language to make them developmentally appropriate for younger children, carefully designing features to match young children's cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development.
We see coding (or computer programming) as a new type of literacy. Just as writing helps you organize your thinking and express your ideas, the same is true for coding. In the past, coding was seen as too difficult for most people. But we think coding should be for everyone, just like writing.
As young children code with ScratchJr, they learn how to create and express themselves with the computer, not just to interact with it. In the process, children learn to solve problems and design projects, and they develop sequencing skills that are foundational for later academic success. They also use math and language in a meaningful and motivating context, supporting the development of early-childhood numeracy and literacy. With ScratchJr, children aren't just learning to code, they are coding to learn.
ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Developmental Technologies group at Tufts University, the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, and the Playful Invention Company. Two Sigma led the implementation of the Android version of ScratchJr. The graphics and illustrations for ScratchJr were created by HvingtQuatre Company and Sarah Thomson.
If you enjoy using this free app, please consider making a donation to the Scratch Foundation (http://www.scratchfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing support for ScratchJr. We appreciate donations of all sizes, large and small.
This version of ScratchJr works only on tablets that are 7-inches or larger, and running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) or higher.
Terms of Use: http://www.scratchjr.org/eula.html
ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of young people (ages 8 and up) around the world. In creating ScratchJr, we redesigned the interface and programming language to make them developmentally appropriate for younger children, carefully designing features to match young children's cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development.
We see coding (or computer programming) as a new type of literacy. Just as writing helps you organize your thinking and express your ideas, the same is true for coding. In the past, coding was seen as too difficult for most people. But we think coding should be for everyone, just like writing.
As young children code with ScratchJr, they learn how to create and express themselves with the computer, not just to interact with it. In the process, children learn to solve problems and design projects, and they develop sequencing skills that are foundational for later academic success. They also use math and language in a meaningful and motivating context, supporting the development of early-childhood numeracy and literacy. With ScratchJr, children aren't just learning to code, they are coding to learn.
ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Developmental Technologies group at Tufts University, the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, and the Playful Invention Company. Two Sigma led the implementation of the Android version of ScratchJr. The graphics and illustrations for ScratchJr were created by HvingtQuatre Company and Sarah Thomson.
If you enjoy using this free app, please consider making a donation to the Scratch Foundation (http://www.scratchfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing support for ScratchJr. We appreciate donations of all sizes, large and small.
This version of ScratchJr works only on tablets that are 7-inches or larger, and running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) or higher.
Terms of Use: http://www.scratchjr.org/eula.html
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Fixes sound effects on tablets that don't support 24-bit sound.
Fixes sound effects on tablets that don't support 24-bit sound.
Version update ScratchJr was updated to version 1.2.4
Version update ScratchJr was updated to version 1.2.0
More downloads ScratchJr reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update ScratchJr was updated to version 1.0.2.3
What are users saying about ScratchJr
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It is a good app but there should be more characters and you should be able to send it on whatever contacts you have not just email and there should be more cool stuff you can do with the characters.
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This game is great for learning!!! My cousin loves it and makes mini games with it all the time! (I do too
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bad bro nothing like website cant even code dosent even teach you how to code eather
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THIS is not the website. Making good games is near impossible, but the animation is okay. WHERE is the sound library?!?!
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Garbage,nowhere near enough behaviours to make a book or cartoon let alone a game.
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Awesome at school.When I got it on my tablet I loved making funny stuff.More understandable than scratch.Love it.Thank you for making this so much.
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Wow, I have not played a game this fun!!!
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ITS AWESOME BECAUSE U CAN MAKE UR VOICE AND I JUST REALLY LIKE IT C:
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Well M.R Bercll are art teacher said to download the game so I did and it is great!!!!
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It is cool i have at school thank you for making the game.
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Plz add a photo taker so the photos can be a careter
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I think it is a good game and this is coming from a 8 year old
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Good for learners like me • • ~
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I just want more backgrounds and characters.
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Wow its great now iam the best coder in the class thank you(:
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It's great for kids 1 to 8 if they want to be a movie star
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Its a good brain game. Even in my school this soft ware is in the school laptop.
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Awesome app so awesome it is used in my school
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Very good app I recommend it
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My kid enjoyed this...
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I love it. I love games that let you create
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I love it if got a star in ict for codings yay
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This is the best game ever
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This game is awesome! I can create anything!!!!!
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I think this app is great I love this app
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AWESOME THANKS FOR SHARING
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Great app for kids
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It's very educational!
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not a complete app
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Asweme epic good
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It is op
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I like the app a lot like scratch. Except on scratch it was for older kids so I figured 5 and under could use this. It's fun and interesting. The app has a lot of things to draw with. The only thing is that it glitches when your making characters and for the first project the cats head is blue
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I thought this app would be good, but honestly, it's not. First, the draw feature is not great because I tried to draw a person but it kept glitching and it kept making me rename my character. Also, when you draw the picture, where you drag your finger on your phone, the actual pen line is in a different place. And lastly, it's not as good as the regular scratch. Please improve this app because it would be fun to use.
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This app is brilliant for its intended purpose: teaching very young children, younger than 8, how to set up sequences of instructions so they can learn the logic behind the art of writing code. Most of the negative reviewers seem to have missed the point of this piece of software. That said, having an if/then function would really increase the computing capability of this app. My granddaughter has only created a half dozen pages, and had already found several uses for an if/then command. Finally, if there is going to be a paint feature, it should work. It doesn't on any of my Samsung devices.
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I think it was good! And I feel bad for the people that thought it was bad, but, honestly, its not! They just didnt read that it said ScratchJR, so its to LEARN to code! So yea, Smart right?
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Now this game is so so so so so cool that I really hope that you make more games like this this game is the most goodest game that I have ever ever ever played before so I wish never made this I wish they could make more and more and more and more and more games like that are like this game this game is so much fun that I just I literally just want to just keep on playing it and keep on playing it every single day after school every single day after I had been my homework and my sister I've done my homework like and then I I just really want to get right keep on keep on keep on and keep on playing this game so much like really just so so so so so much fat I loved it so much that you should really make a new game whoever so whoever made this so whoever made this game please make a new one because this game is so so so fun to me like please make more and more and more and more and more and more and more I beg of you to make more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more games like this please please please please I'm begging you to make more and more and more and more and more games that are like this like this is so much fun for me that I just I really just don't want to just like I just don't want to stop playing this no matter what no matter what I just keep I just really just want to just keep on keep on keep on playing it so whoever made this game just please please please please make more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more games that are like this please I'm begging you to do that please I'm begging you
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Best game ever you don't even need to press a save I got so scared when I made I really good scratch progect and I thought it didn't but it did and you all know not to scare me like that but the game did anyway.
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I think its is good for animations but I make games and there is no "if" block and if you go on scratch and look at any game that is the most commen block ( a part of the blocks inside). Also please make it so there is a way to import images
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It ok but, since i was trying to draw my character with my s pen , it works but When i touched the canvas on the right spot, it draws on the different spot Please fix this and give you 5 stars c: