Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.
Scratch is available free of charge, go to Download.
Currently available for Mac OSX and Windows ( system requirements)
To find more about the ideas underlying Scratch, visit our page for Educators.
To learn how to use Scratch, go to Support.
To read research papers on Scratch, see Research .
To find out who is working on Scratch, see the Credits.
To read what people are saying about Scratch, see Quotes.
To hear the latest Scratch news stories, visit News.
