The ScratchJr Coding Cards are a deck of 75 activity cards covering fun and exciting projects
designed to educate young children with the visual programming language ScratchJr.ScratchJr is
a free introductory computer programming language that runs on iPads Android tablets Amazon
tablets and Chromebooks. Derived from Scratch the wildly popular programming language used by
millions of kids worldwide ScratchJr helps even younger children (5 to 7 years old) create
their own playful animations interactive stories and dynamic games.The ScratchJr Coding Cards
encourage kids to think creatively and systematically while developing computational thinking
skills. Kids will learn powerful ideas about computer science by using ScratchJr programming
blocks to make characters move jump dance sing and more. As they work through the deck
they will become creative thinkers and problem solvers.Written by the ScratchJr co-creator
Prof. Marina Umaschi Bers andDr. Amanda Sullivan the exercises in ScratchJr Coding Cards will
encourage kids to develop coding skills as well as foundational concepts for literacy math
planning and problem-solving all while having fun. The cards are created using the
pedagogical approach developed by Prof. Bers to teach coding in a playful way to young
children.
