GETTING STARTED WITH SCRATCH!
CREATE A SCRATCH ACCOUNT
You should do this with a parent or legal guardian. You are making an account so that you can save all of your projects. You do not have to make an account, if you don't want to save your projects.
CREATE
Once you made an account, click on the create button in the top left of the screen. This will take you to a blank project.
GET FAMILIAR
This is what the beginning of all of your projects will look like but you get to personalize it and use your imagination to create whatever you want to.
CHANGING YOUR CHARACTER (SPRITE)
The cat is very simple and you probably want to change it. Watch the video to the left and I show you how to change the character which is also called a sprite.
there are a lot of different characters in Scratch and you can search if you want a specific character, I just picked a fairy for fun.
THE BLOCKS ARE CODE
Attached is a video showing you the different types of blocks that they have in scratch. Try to get familiar with them and where they are. This will be helpful later on!
CODING TIME
The blocks in the middle of the screen in the picture is enough to create your first project! The first block can be found under events. the second block can be found under control. The third block can be found under motion. The wait block can be found under control.
YOU'VE MADE YOUR FIRST PROJECT
If your blocks looked the same as mine then your project should look like this when you press the green flag at the top left of the section the fairy, or your character, is in. You can watch what mine looked like by clicking on the video!
CHANGING BACKGROUND
If you want to personalize it even more you can change the back ground by following the steps in the video. I choose a heart background but there are many more to choose from.