Hello Scratch!

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Chapter 1. Getting to know your way around Scratch

Figure 1.1. The Scratch workspace is made up of five areas.

Figure 1.2. You’re going to write a program that will make the cat move in the direction of that arrow.

Figure 1.3. To start programming, drag and drop the blocks from the Block Menu to the Script Area.

Figure 1.4. When the white space appears between the two blocks, you know that they’re ready to snap together when you release the mouse button.

Figure 1.5. The two blocks work together to make a small program that moves the cat 10 steps.

Figure 1.6. There are plenty of blocks in Scratch that can be changed by typing new information or choosing from a drop-down menu.

Figure 1.7. Sometimes blocks go inside other blocks ...