On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

One of the best way to get young kids started on programming is with Scratch, the MIT-developed programming environment that lets them script sprites and otherwise dip their little toes into ...

Google has joined MIT in its efforts to get kids interested in the technical field. Meet Scratch Blocks, a synergy of MIT’s and Google’s visual programming languages that will teach young ...

Kids learn by exploring, and that's what the book does well. It demonstrates proper usage of the Scratch application, but it never puts up walls and limits kids from exploring and tweaking and ...

Video Lessons from Pluralsight (Web, Free): Online training site Pluralsight offers three video courses for kids, teaching them how to program in C# using Visual Basic, use Scratch, and use App ...

Perhaps the only online coding community that could compete with Scratch for kids’ attention is Minecraft, which aims to provide kids with a similar sense interest- and peer-based exploration.

MIT's Media Lab is gearing up for Scratch Day 2009, to introduce new people to their programming language for kids.