Description: "An introduction to coding for parents and kids. Includes 18 hands-on activities using ScratchJr, a programming language designed for young children (ages 5-7). Teaches computational thinking, literacy, and math skills through animated collages, interactive stories, and playable games."--
Brief description:
Mitchel Resnick is the creator of Scratch, the wildly popular programming language used in thousands of schools and homes worldwide, with nearly 4 million users. He directs the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab and was awarded the McGraw Prize in Education in 2011 for his creative learning technologies.
Review Quotes: "One thing that I especially liked was the curriculum connections listed out at the end of each chapter. If you happen to be a kindergarten teacher, and have access to tablets, I highly recommend checking this book out."
--Gail Carmichael, Carleton University faculty and Board Advisor for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
"The Official ScratchJr Book is a great place to start. I highly recommend this book to all early childhood educators getting started with coding in their classrooms."
--EdSurge
"A book for the youngest programmers with lots of step-by-step directions and illustrations for getting the most out of the junior version of Scratch."
--Scholastic's Tech Tools
"Is it ever too early to begin programming a computer? By the end of The Official ScratchJr Book, kids will be ready for all sorts of new programming adventures!"
--Patheos
"The Official ScratchJr Book is a great way to dive into ScratchJr. It's fun, it's challenging, and you can do it too."
--Game Vortex
"This is a well-done guidebook to help parents, siblings, teachers, friends and other family members get up to speed quickly with ScratchJr."
--Phil Shapiro, Scratch Day volunteer
"The Official ScratchJr Book focuses on inspiring creativity and still can be used to learn the nuts and bolts of simple coding and logical thinking."
--STEM Friday