I found these simple Scratch Card projects. Great for children to do who have no previous Scratch programming experience . These cards are an easy way to use simple code to a great effect and for children to build up... Continue Reading →
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/teaching-kids-basic-html This course is very simple to use and would make a great addition to any club or lesson teaching programming to children. It is a sequence of small animations showing how HTML code works and uses the idea of... Continue Reading →
Recently Tynker have changed their site requiring a signup in order to play their simple Coding Games, its a real problem signing up for websites at school, there is the matter of time and of ESafety . The link below... Continue Reading →
Dance Mat Typing, a fun way to learn touch typing from the BBC There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages. You start by learning the home row keys. Each stage builds on previous lessons, introducing new... Continue Reading →
Super Scratch Programming Adventure http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/scratch2_samplechapters.pdf Creative Computing Learning Workbook http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/guide/files/CreativeComputing20140820_LearnerWorkbook.pdf Starting from Scratch - this starts from the beginning what's a computer? What is Software etc, then has short tutorials which could be handouts that can be filled in to... Continue Reading →
Simple Real Coding using code monkey
A simple maze game using blockly as an introduction to Scratch, very like the Hour of code games. This features 10 levels of increasing difficulty.
Very nice animated film which is 5 minutes long,showing the basics of computer programming from Brainpop. Some of this site does require a login but it has some great programming activities and https://www.brainpop.com/technology/computerscience/computerprogramming/ Here is another one from... Continue Reading →