The Official ScratchJr Book

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The Official ScratchJr Book — page 4 — Contents in Detail Preface xiii an IntroductIon to ScratchJr 1 What Is ScratchJr 2 Why Did We Create ScratchJr 2 Who Is This Book For 3 What Do You Need 4 What’s in This Book 4 How Should You Use This Book 5 chaPter 1 GettInG Started 7 Activity 1 Throw a Dance Party 8 Step 1 Open the App 9 Step 2 Make a New Project 9 Step 3 Make the Cat Move 10 Step 4 Use the Green Flag 12 Step 5 Add a Background 13 Step 6 Add Another Character 14 Step 7 Don’t Just Dance Say Something 16 Step 8 Add a Title 18 Step 9 Name Your Project 19 Step 10 Save Your Project 20 Hints 21 Tips for Grown-ups 21 Don’t Be Afraid to Explore 21 Undoing and Redoing 22 Deleting Objects 22 Deleting Blocks 22 A Guided Tour of the ScratchJr Interface 23 What’s Next 25 chaPter 2 anImatIonS 27 Activity 2 Make Your Cat Move 28 What You’ll Learn 28 How to Make It 29 Hints 31 Looking for a Challenge 31 Literacy Connection Spelling a Name 32 Math Connection Seeing How Many Ways You Can Get to 10 32 Tips for Grown-ups 32 Activity 3 Make Your Cat Turn 33 What You’ll Learn 33 How to Make It 34 Hints 35 Looking for a Challenge 35

The Official ScratchJr Book — page 5 — Literacy Connection Describing Feelings 36 Math Connection Telling Time 36 Tips for Grown-ups 36 Activity 4 Let’s Play Hide-and-Seek 37 What You’ll Learn 37 How to Make It 37 Hints 38 Looking for a Challenge 38 Literacy Connection Telling a Story 39 Math Connection Observing and Counting 39 Tips for Grown-ups 39 Activity 5 Do Something Over and Over 40 What You’ll Learn 40 How to Make It 40 Hints 42 Looking for a Challenge 42 Literacy Connection Comparing Your Scripts to Sentences 43 Tips for Grown-Ups 43 Math Connection Comparing Two Scripts 44 Tips for Grown-ups 44 Project Time Old MacDonald’s Farm 45 How to Make It 45 Hints 47 Looking for a Challenge 47 Literacy Connection Building New Vocabulary 50 Math Connection Counting the Blocks You’ve Used 50 Tips for Grown-ups 50 chaPter 3 StorIeS 51 Activity 6 Find Your Voice 52 What You’ll Learn 52 How to Make It 53 Hints 55 Looking for a Challenge 56 Literacy Connection Presenting 57 Math Connection Adding and Subtracting 57 Tips for Grown-ups 57 Activity 7 Turn the Page 58 What You’ll Learn 58 How to Make It 58 Hints 63 Looking for a Challenge 64 Literacy Connection Telling Your Own Stories 66 Math Connection Sequencing Your Story 66 Tips for Grown-ups 66 x Contents in Detail

The Official ScratchJr Book — page 6 — Activity 8 Change the Pace 67 What You’ll Learn 67 How to Make It 67 Hints 69 Looking for a Challenge 70 Literacy Connection Creating Announcements 71 Math Connection Timing the Race 71 Tips for Grown-ups 71 Activity 9 Stop and Look 73 What You’ll Learn 73 How to Make It 73 Looking for a Challenge 75 Literacy Connection Adding Narration 76 Math Connection Changing the Wait Time 76 Tips for Grown-ups 76 Activity 10 Wait Your Turn 77 What You’ll Learn 77 How to Make It 77 Hints 79 Looking for a Challenge 79 Literacy Connection Using Full Sentences 80 Math Connection Counting the Wait Time 80 Tips for Grown-ups 80 Activity 11 Build a Snowman 81 What You’ll Learn 81 How to Make It 82 Hints 88 Looking for a Challenge 89 Literacy Connection Asking Questions 90 Math Connection Counting the Circles 90 Tips for Grown-ups 90 Project Time The Tortoise and the Hare 91 How to Make It 91 Hints 95 Looking for a Challenge 95 Literacy Connection Creating a Digital Book 96 Math Connection Making Characters Move 96 Tips for Grown-ups 96 chaPter 4 GameS 97 Activity 12 Pick a Peach 98 What You’ll Learn 98 How to Make It 99 Hints 101 Looking for a Challenge 101 xi Contents in Detail

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