This facilitation guide was developed collaboratively by staff at Scratch and the Office of Computer Science at Chicago Public Schools, with teachers and school leaders in mind. It has suggestions for ways to run Virtual Family Creative Coding Nights. Not every suggestion will work for every school or organization, so please modify your event to fit your audience’s needs!
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Scratch Day is a global network of events where people come together to celebrate creativity, coding, and learning through hands-on activities. Whether you're an educator, parent, community leader, or simply a Scratch enthusiast, you can host your own Scratch Day and bring the joy of creative computing to your community! Scratch Day events can take many forms. (Learn more here.)
Our Organizer Planning Toolkit includes a variety of resources to get started. And use our Media Kit to download Scratch Day logos, images, and social media templates to promote your event.
ScratchJr Family Day is a hands-on, interactive event where young learners and their families come together to explore creative coding with ScratchJr! This event provides a welcoming space for children and their caregivers—parents, grandparents, siblings, and extended family members—to collaborate, experiment, and create their own projects using ScratchJr.
A helpful list of items you may want to collect or have donated to enhance your creative learning space.