Your Five Year Old Can Learn To Code With An IPad App The MIT Media Lab recently released ScratchJr, a free iPad app that helps children 5-8 learn how to code. The app is a collaboration between the MIT Media Lab, Tufts University, and Playful Invention Company (PICO). The original Scratch programming language is already used by millions of older kids, but it was too complicated for younger kids. The Scratch team redesigned the interface, simplifying it in order to make it more accessible to younger kids. I downloaded ScratchJr and then handed the iPad to my six year old. He was instantly engaged. While he was playing--creating stories through an interface that teaches the basics of coding--I shot an email to Mitchel Resnick, one of the creators of Scratch. I wanted to learn a little more about the thinking behind ScratchJr.
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