Reviews

On Oct 29 Hernan Garcia wrote: And enjoyable and fun way to introduce kids to programming
I got a copy of this book and I sat with it with my 5 year old son. He got immediately into it. He enjoys the format of the book with the full color illustrations and the overarching story. I found that is a good way to combine reading, comics and programming in a fun and educative way. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On Sep 29 Santosh Shanbhag wrote: What an adventure
Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, with financial support from the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, Intel Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Google, Iomega and MIT Media Lab research consortia. I had heard of Scratch before but I didn't know what age group of kids it targetted. I assumed it was for teenagers that had an interest in computing but weren't interested in developing heavy-weight enterprise level projects. Since my kids are not teenagers yet, I put Scratch on the backburner. I was wrong!!! This book made me rethink the target userbase for Scratch as anyone 8 and above (although 7-years olds will do well too!). Each page in the book is very colorful and full of graphics which makes it a pleasure to read for kids as well as adults (me!). I thoroughly enjoyed reading each page as I felt like a little boy out on an adventure. Once I did completed this book, I got my kid started and enjoyed his feelings and thoughts on Scratch. He hasn't completed the book yet but I know he will go slow and steady on it.. probably reading a chapter a week. This is his third week and he is on chapter 3 and he hasn't put the book down yet. I don't think he will! Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On Sep 16 Kenta Hood wrote:
A typical textbook will generally put one to asleep or discourage one from continuing on so for kids, I think this is definitely a great way to learn. The language is easy enough to learn and the programs you learn to write are great for learning the basics. There are enough examples to give you some ideas but with any programming, you'll want to do things over and over with some slight variations so you really understand what's going on. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0