Andy's Scratch "Art"

I often mention that my sons like to program in Scratch.  I have an earlier blog devoted to the wonderousness of Scratch.  It is a visual programming language that they like to use to animate their ideas and drawings.  You can download it yourself at: http://scratch.mit.edu/

But here is a recent animation that I particularly like.  Note the new world order when the fish eats the "double nosatops" dinosaur, even the clouds change.  The girl is sorta supposed to be me.  And yeah, I don't know what fairage is either.   :)

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Scratch

My boys favorite activity is programming in Scratch. It is a programing environment that is made of "puzzle pieces" that are easily put together to make the icons on the screen move or whatever else you might want them to do. My 7 year old started programming in Scratch almost two years ago. He started with simple movements-- the Scratch cat just moving back and forth across the screen. He added different elements and started drawing his own sprites to animate. He can also download pictures that he finds on the internet and add them to the scenes he creates. My 5 year old is quickly becoming as proficient as his big brother. Together they make scenes and games. It is great fun, and they will spend the entire day working on a project.

Some of my family's projects:
http://scratch.mit.edu/users/raeleo

A Link to get scratch for yourself:
scratch.mit.edu