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Happy Birthday from ScratchJr Fun!

February 11, 2022 Anna Plesińska Project ideas, Uncategorized

In this ScratchJr project, I will show you how to light (and blow out 😊) candles on a virtual ScratchJr birthday cake! You will learn how to creatively edit existing characters and backgrounds.

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ScratchJr Christmas projects ideas

December 3, 2021 Anna Plesińska Project ideas, Uncategorized

Looking for creative ScratchJr Christmas projects ideas? We’ve got two! Learn how to create a decorated Christmas tree or dress up as Santa Claus!

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How to create a simple timer in ScratchJr?

October 20, 2021 Weronika Games, Project ideas, Uncategorized

ScratchJr games become a lot more fun, challenging (and addictive šŸ˜‰) when we introduce the timing element! Learn how to create a simple timer and start counting down!

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Is it possible to use variables in ScratchJr?

January 24, 2021 Weronika Games, Project ideas, Uncategorized

In this post you will learn how to work around the fact that there are no build-in variables in ScratchJr. We’ll create a counter that presents it’s ā€œcurrent valueā€ and we’ll also simulate a conditional statement “If a variable value is x, then do something…”

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ScratchJr Thanksgiving project

ā€œSpin that turkey!ā€ The ScratchJr Thanksgiving Bingo game

November 22, 2020 Weronika Games, Offline exercises & worksheets, Project ideas, Uncategorized

This Thanksgiving ScratchJr game is a great fun for the whole family! You’ll have a blast creating the spinning turkey animation and then playing the Bingo game!

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Scratch junior loop project

Move the frog up the stairs! Loops in ScratchJr

November 6, 2020 Weronika Project ideas, Uncategorized

This project is a great introduction to ScratchJr loops and also a good way to practice multiplication and addition. The frog has to perform the same sequence of movements many times, so the easiest way to achieve it is to use loops!

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Phases of the Moon in ScratchJr. A great mixture of coding and astronomy!

November 4, 2020 Weronika Project ideas, Uncategorized

This ScratchJr project uses loops to explain the basic mechanism of the changing lunar phases. A perfect coding activity to incorporate into your science lesson!

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ScratchJr Halloween animation

ScratchJr Halloween animation – carving and lighting up a Jack-o’-lantern

October 19, 2020 Weronika Project ideas, Uncategorized

This Halloween themed animation will allow your students to practice all sorts of ScratchJr concepts: sending and receiving messages, ā€œstart on tapā€ and ā€œwaitā€ blocks, showing and hiding characters. Boo!

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The Moon orbiting the Earth – how to move one ScratchJr object around another?

August 17, 2020 Weronika Project ideas, Uncategorized

Learn a trick to move one ScratchJr object around another and prepare an animation of the Moon orbiting around Earth… or even the entire Solar System!

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The obstacle course – combining many ScratchJr scripts

July 15, 2020 Weronika Project ideas, Uncategorized

In this project we will combine three different ScratchJr scripts and run them simultaneously. Learn how to create an animation with a ball rolling through an obstacle course!

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Weronika

Hi, I’m Weronika. I’m a software engineer, STEM educator, and a big fan of the ScratchJr app!
On this blog I publish ideas for ScratchJr projects and games that let your kids take their first steps into the world of programming.
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