Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Super Scratch Programming Adventure (No Starch Press, 2012).

With the ability to import your own graphics, collision detection, and sound effects, I could see kids programming some advanced games that are limited only by their imagination.

MIT on Tuesday introduced a programming language called Scratch, which is designed for kids age 8 and up to create interactive Web stories, games and animations that can be shared online.

A new book from No Starch Press, Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games makes it even easier to teach your kids basic programming skills.

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

Tynker is similar to the visual programming language and multimedia authoring tool Scratch developed at MIT in 2003. It is also possible to import Scratch projects into Tynker.

Do we need a new beginning programming language? My answer is “yes”, and the more programming languages and tools we have to introduce programming to kids, adults and everyone else, the better.

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