Scratch Programming Playground: Learn to Program by Making Cool Games

Good book, easy to follow. But don't rely on my word because I know programming already. I taught three elementary kids with it for three weeks during summer vacation. And they loved it. I intended to teach them about 1 hour 30 minutes including typing lesson. But each lesson ended up over two hours without break. Kids loved it so much that they refused to end the lesson, a rare case, indeed.

I Thought this book was a great investment because my son likes to spend a lot of time on his iPad or computer. This way we can share some father, son time while he's actually learning the basics of computer coding. Now he can learn how to build games instead of just playing them.

This is a very well written book, specially for the young who want to get started with programming. My 7 year old son has being able to try the different projects and get immediate results out of it with minor help. Even thought there are lots of examples and even videos on the internet that illustrate how to use the Scratch building blocks for programming, the step by step approach in this book is definitely a big plus.

I used this book to expose my students to coding. They were able to follow the activities had fun making their creations. I would recommend using this for children that want to begin learning to code.

Great step-by-step guide with plenty of room for creativity. I've spent hours with my son, enjoying the projects and modifying them.

Six to Sixty, this is a great second book about Scratch. The 1st book in any programming language is about syntax or grammar and objects and actions. The 2nd should always be about the fun you can have with that language. Without some fun why would spend the time to dig deeper or find the tricks or develope expertise. For the last forty years 'games' fave been and are now that fun! Enjoy.

My 11 year old niece loves this book and it's very easy for her to follow along on her own.

Good selection of projects. Easy to follow. Good for kids.