This week's goal

Children create a 5–10 second animation of the character moving, changing clothes, and saying at least one sentence.

Scratch Editor with Looks block group to change costumes and dialogue
Photo Scratch Editor: Looks group contains dialogue blocks, costume changes and visual effects.

Challenge 1: character walking

Step 1: Looks group in Scratch
Step 1 — Open Looks to find the block to change costumes and dialogue.

Using the green flag, block repeat, di switch and next outfit. After each outfit change, add a very short waiting period. Baby try running and then adjust the speed yourself so that the movement is not too fast.

Challenge 2: a conversation

Step 2: Costumes tab in Scratch
Step 2 — Open the Costumes tab to observe and choose costumes that create transitions dynamic.

Add another character or use dialogue for the first character. The child decides who speaks first. This is an opportunity to reiterate the sequence: the two characters do not know when it is their turn until there is an event or timeout.

Challenge 3: change the scene

Step 3: Sounds tab in Scratch
Step 3 — Open Sounds to select the sound for the passage animation.

Choose two backdrops and change the scene in the middle of the story. Ask your child: "When the background changed, where was the character? What just happened?"

Step-by-step lesson script

  1. Choose a character and two different costumes.
  2. Plan three scenes: beginning, action, end.
  3. Get the movement going before adding dialogue and backdrop.
  4. Review with your child and ask which part needs to be slower or faster.

Don't aim for beautiful animation. A short story, with a beginning and an end, edited by your child, will help your child learn more than a completely copied video. perfect.

When is week 3?

When your baby understands the loop, he can do a repeating action and use it himself instead of pulling many similar blocks.

Karotto helps him get used to blocks

Karotto deals cards Practice into short goals, help your child get used to combining blocks and observing the results before freely creating animations in Scratch.

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