Scratch Programming Language

coding · learning · creative

Blocks instead of typing. Instead of writing confusing computer code, you drag and drop colorful blocks that snap together like puzzle pieces to tell your computer what to do.

Create games and animations. You can make interactive games, animated stories, music videos, and all sorts of creative projects that run right in your web browser.

Free and online for everyone. Scratch is completely free to use on its website, and millions of kids around the world use it to learn how computers think and solve problems.

Designed for learning. MIT scientists named Mitchel Resnick and Yasmin Kafai created Scratch with help from the National Science Foundation to teach kids the real thinking skills that programmers use every day.

Share your creations. Once you finish a project, you can upload it to the Scratch community website so other kids can play it, comment on it, and get inspired to make their own.