Programming for Kids and Beginners: Learn to Code in Scratch
What you'll learn
- Create smart and fun games
- Create animations and cool visual effects
- Code - one of the most important skills to learn!
- Understand complex computer science concepts by intuitively applying them in games
- Learn text-based programming languages 2x - 10x faster
Requirements
- No prior programming knowledge is required
Description
In this course, we'll learn to code, starting from the basic blocks. No kidding! Scratch, the programming language we use (developed by MIT), is so fun that it makes programming seem like a game.
We'll learn by doing. The course is designed so that you create the games and applications with your own two hands. But what makes this course truly unique is the teaching method I've used live for almost 4 years. We learn a variety of computer science topics, but we hide the complexity behind characters, animations, analogies and fun!
That's because, in these carefully designed lessons, we train our intuition to make sense of what we want to achieve and how to get there. This will help you quickly master the basics. After this course, you'll learn text-based programming languages at a blazing speed and quickly make sense of any piece of code.
The content is designed to be fun! We learn to create animations and cool effects and we create clones of some of the most popular games: Flappy Bird, Duck Hunt or Pac-Man. The games are handpicked to optimize learning computer science topics while having fun along the way. I will also update the course on a regular basis with new content - and challenges!
This course is designed for
- parents or teachers who want to give their children the best skills and most fun
- kids and beginners who want to learn to code games
- anyone new to programming who doesn't know where to start
I can't wait to have you in the course!
The course is regularly updated with new material, tips and tricks that you can use in your games and projects!
Who this course is for:
- Children (from 7-8 years)
- Absolute beginners in programming and computer science
Course content
4 lectures • 36minThe Basic Blocks
- Preview06:08
- Preview13:09
- Preview12:33
- 04:25How to Get the Best out of This Course
4 lectures • 47minPong
5 lectures • 48minPaint in Scratch!
8 lectures • 1hr 38minShoot the Monster
7 lectures • 1hr 37minFlappy Bird
10 lectures • 2hr 7minPac-Man
Instructor
![Daniel Ciocîrlan](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 14,202 Reviews
- 43,867 Students
- 11 Courses
I'm a software engineer with a passion for teaching. Big fan of Scala and the JVM.
I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science and I wrote my Bachelor and Master theses on Quantum Computation. Before starting to learn programming, I won medals at international Physics competitions.
For 7+ years, I've taught a variety of Computer Science topics to 30000+ of students at various levels. I've held Hour of Code for 7 year-olds, I've taught university students who now work at Google and Facebook, I've held live trainings for software engineering teams at Adobe and Apple, and I'm now so excited to share what I know with a wider community online.