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InternationalGrades 6-8

Scratch Programming

Block-based coding with MIT's Scratch — build games and animations while learning core programming logic.

45-min sessions, weekly
$22 USD/hr
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45-min sessions, weeklyInternational curriculumGrades 6-8

What you’ll learn

  • Sprites, events and loops in Scratch
  • Building simple games and animations
  • Debugging by testing and iterating

    • About Scratch Programming tutoring

    Scratch Programming tutoring on TutorA is live and 1:1 for Grades 6-8 following the International curriculum, held in 45-min sessions, weekly. Sessions build toward sprites, events and loops in Scratch; building simple games and animations; debugging by testing and iterating. Every tutor is reviewed by TutorA's team before being matched, and sessions are paced to where a student is actually starting from rather than a fixed group syllabus.

    What this covers

    • stage, sprites, and color-coded block palette
    • motion, control, and variable blocks
    • building games, stories, and animations
    • sharing and remixing community projects

    Scratch's interface is built around three visible pieces: a stage where a project actually runs, a library of sprites (the characters or objects that appear on that stage), and a palette of color-coded blocks — motion, looks, sound, events, control, sensing, operators, and variables — that snap together like puzzle pieces to build a program without any typed syntax.

    A child drags a "when green flag clicked" block to start a script, attaches motion and looks blocks to make a sprite move and change appearance, and can layer in control blocks (loops, if-then logic) and variables to build something with real behavior — a simple game with a score, an interactive story with branching dialogue, an animation triggered by a mouse click.

    Because there's no syntax to get wrong, the friction that frustrates many kids early in text-based languages — a missing semicolon, incorrect indentation — simply doesn't exist here, which is a large part of why MIT's Lifelong Kindergarten Group built it specifically for kids in the first place. Projects can be shared and remixed on Scratch's own community website, and looking at how other people built something is itself a common, effective way to learn a new block or technique.

    A tutor working in Scratch with a Grade 6-8 student usually starts from a project idea — a game genre the child already likes, a story they want to tell — rather than a checklist of blocks to memorize, since the concepts transfer far better when they're solving an actual problem the child cares about than when they're drilled in isolation.

    Most kids who stick with Scratch for a while eventually start asking what a "real" text-based language looks like, which is usually the natural cue to move on.

    Why a TutorA tutor

    Scratch is a free, block-based visual programming language created by MIT specifically for kids — no typed code required, making it a common first step before text-based languages like Python. TutorA reviews tutors before they're matched, the same process used sitewide, and sessions are live and 1:1, positioned for Grades 6-8. Pricing is shown before you book. TutorA tutors for this subject are predominantly India-based and reviewed ahead of time, not assigned at random — their profile shows who they actually are.

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    Scratch Programming FAQ

    A free, block-based visual programming language created by MIT specifically for kids — no typed code required, which makes it a common first step before text-based languages like Python.

    This subject is positioned for Grades 6-8, though younger and older kids can also benefit depending on prior experience.

    Many kids move on to Python Basics or another beginner text-based language once they're comfortable with programming concepts.

    Generally, yes — most of TutorA's tutors are based in India, and every one is reviewed by our team before being matched with your child. Their profile shows their real background and experience.

    Yes — Scratch is free and maintained by MIT, accessible through any web browser at scratch.mit.edu with no software to install. A tutor works within that same free environment during sessions.

    Yes — Scratch has its own community site where projects can be published, viewed, and remixed. Many kids learn new techniques by opening someone else's project and seeing how a specific effect was built, and a tutor can guide that kind of exploration productively.