CodingChamp

Grades 3–7 · Live 1:1 online

Scratch Coding Classes for Kids

Scratch is the friendliest way to start coding. Children snap together visual blocks to make characters move, talk and react, so they learn real programming ideas without getting stuck on typing or error messages. In our live 1:1 classes, a trainer guides your child from their first animation to complete games they design themselves.

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Grades

3–7

Duration

3 months

Topic

Programming · Game Development

Format

Live 1:1 online

Who it's for

Is Scratch right for your child?

  • Children in Class 3 to 6 (about ages 7 to 11)
  • Complete beginners, including children who don't type quickly yet
  • Kids who love games, stories and drawing

Before starting: None. If your child can use a mouse or trackpad and read simple instructions, they're ready.

Scratch is a programming language developed by MIT that gives early exposure to programming without heavy prerequisites. Students are introduced to programming through storytelling — designing scenes, characters, and animations, then writing code to bring them to life. A three-month program with two live sessions per weekend, conducted on Google Meet in 1:1 classes.

Computational concepts covered

  • Sequence
  • Loops
  • Events
  • Conditionals
  • Parallelism
  • Operators
  • Data

Concepts from the Creative Computing framework (Harvard Graduate School of Education).

Student in a live CodingChamp Scratch class

Syllabus

What your child learns in Scratch

  1. Module 1

    Getting started

    • The Scratch editor, sprites and the stage
    • Motion, looks and sound blocks
    • Events: starting code when the flag or a key is pressed

  2. Module 2

    Loops and timing

    • Repeat and forever loops
    • Animations with costumes
    • Waiting and timing

  3. Module 3

    Decisions and interaction

    • If / if-else conditions
    • Sensing: touching, keys, mouse
    • Making characters react to each other

  4. Module 4

    Variables and game logic

    • Scores, lives and timers
    • Random numbers
    • Broadcasting messages between sprites

  5. Module 5

    Designing a full game

    • Planning a game on paper
    • Levels, win and lose conditions
    • Testing, fixing bugs and sharing

Projects your child builds

  • An animated greeting card
  • An interactive story with choices
  • A maze game with a timer
  • A catching or dodging game with levels
  • A quiz game with a score

By the end of the course

  • Understands sequencing, loops, conditions, events and variables
  • Plans a project and breaks it into steps
  • Finds and fixes bugs independently
  • Is ready to start Python

Level 2 of the CodingChamp learning path

Creative Coding

A natural next step afterwards: Python Classes for Kids. Not sure where your child should start?

See the learning path →

One simple price for every course · 20% off now

$96

8 × 60-minute live 1:1 classes · $12 per class · standard $120

What's included →

FAQ

Scratch classes: parents' questions

Scratch works best from about age 7 to 11 (Class 3 to 6). Older beginners can do a short Scratch phase and then move quickly to Python.

Further reading

Competitions for Scratch students

Scratch classes near you

Try a free Scratch trial class

Your child meets a trainer, tries a short lesson, and we suggest the right starting level. No payment needed.