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Coming Soon: Your Creative Learning Assistant
Jul 22, 2025 · 3 min read
Imagine if every child could design their own creative assistant that reflects how they think, what excites them, and how they want to learn. We’re bringing that vision to life through an AI-powered tool that puts creative...
Code, Create, Connect: 5 Scratch Activities to Bring You into Your Child’s Online World
December 10, 2025 · 3 minutesIf your child loves Scratch, you already have a window into what makes their imagination tick. The best part? You don’t need to know a single line of code to explore Scratch together. Here are five simple ways to connect with your child through Scratch — and maybe pick up a few coding tricks yourself along the way.
Return to Sender
October 28, 2025 · 4 minutesThis is a guest post by Tiger Harburg, the teen founder of the coding education nonprofit Dust Astronauts, who uses Scratch to support young refugees in Za’atari.
New Scratch Feature: Face Sensing!
October 8, 2025 · 2 min readMeet the brand new blocks that let you control Scratch projects with your face!
Coming Soon: Your Creative Learning Assistant
July 22, 2025 · 3 min readImagine if every child could design their own creative assistant that reflects how they think, what excites them, and how they want to learn. We’re bringing that vision to life through an AI-powered tool that puts creative control in kids’ hands. Whether they want a debugging assistant, a storytelling partner, or a discovery tool to find peers and projects, young people decide how their assistant helps them create. For nearly two decades, children have been using Scratch to create, connect, and grow. Scratch made coding creative. Now, it’s doing the same for AI.
Beyond Labels: Empowering Students Through Creative Coding
May 27, 2025 · 6 min readMeet Lisa Moe, the passionate educator who helps students find their hidden talents through Scratch.
Dust Astronauts: Teen’s Nonprofit Makes a Difference for Refugees in Za’atari
March 14, 2024 · 5 min readMeet Tiger: the teen Scratcher who started a nonprofit bringing coding camps to refugees in Za'atari.
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