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Scratch Game Studio

Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11) · 8 weekly classes · 60 min · up to 8 students · live online

Students design and build their own playable games with scores, levels and win conditions. They learn variables, if-then logic and events, plan each project in parts before they build, and improve their games from classmates' feedback — the habits real developers use, at a Grade 3–5 pace.

Your child will be able to

  • Build a complete game with a score, lives and win/lose rules
  • Use variables, if-then logic and events to control the game
  • Plan a project in parts, test it with others and improve it

How each class runs

1 · See it whole
A short lesson shows the finished mechanic in a working game.
2 · Build it together
The class builds the same mechanic, block by block.
3 · Make it yours
Students change it, extend it and debug their own version.
4 · Playtest
Classmates play each other's games and give feedback.

Week by week

  1. Week 1Sprites, scenes and the game loop
  2. Week 2Controls: keyboard, mouse and touch events
  3. Week 3Variables: score, lives and timers
  4. Week 4If-then logic: collisions and power-ups
  5. Week 5Levels and difficulty
  6. Week 6Win and lose screens
  7. Week 7Debugging week: find it, fix it, prove it
  8. Week 8Game showcase: classmates play every game

Where this step fits

BEFORE THIS · STEP 1Scratch StartersSequences, events and loops in animated stories.
YOU ARE HERE · STEP 2Scratch Game StudioVariables, if-then logic and planning a game in parts.
NEXT · STEP 3Advanced Scratch → PythonCustom blocks, lists and clones, then the same logic in Python.

New to coding in Grades 3–5? Most students start here — Scratch Starters is for Grades 1–2, and this step assumes no experience beyond using a mouse and reading comfortably.

What you need

  • A computer with a keyboard, camera and microphone
  • Scratch runs free in the browser — nothing to buy or install
  • A quiet spot for the whole class

Your instructor

Taught live by a Griot instructor trained in the Griot coding method. Your instructor's name appears here once the class is scheduled.

$22 a class
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