After-School Creators Course

Bring their own interactive adventure to life.

An after-school program where children use logic, problem-solving, and creative thinking to bring their own interactive adventure to life.

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10 weeks · One growing project

Every week, the adventure grows with them.

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Over ten weeks, children develop one complete interactive adventure. Each week, the project grows—along with their ability to think through problems, make creative decisions, and keep going when something does not work.

Take-home challenges give children the opportunity to experiment with their own ideas, apply what they have learned, and create independently between sessions and beyond the guided course.

Begin with guidance

Learn each new system through clear demonstrations and guided building.

Build it further

Connect each new idea to the same growing interactive project.

Make it their own

Experiment independently and expand the project with original ideas.

What they develop along the way

They build an adventure. They develop a way of thinking.

The course uses Scratch, a visual programming language where students connect blocks instead of typing lines of code. The project gives them a practical way to develop logical thinking, work through mistakes, and keep going when the first idea does not work.

What students develop

Logical thinking

What makes a jump feel natural? Students break one movement into an ordered sequence: rise, slow down, change direction, and return to the ground.

The player rising, reaching the top of a jump, falling, and returning to the platform

The design challenge

Turn a familiar movement into instructions the project can follow in the correct order.

The idea underneath the blocks

One changing number controls the jump

What is Speed Y?

Speed Y is a variable. It stores a number that tells Scratch whether the player should move up, stop, or move down.

↑ Move up The number is positive

0 Reach the top The number reaches zero

↓ Move down The number becomes negative

Start the jump Pressing jump gives Speed Y a positive number, moving the player upward.

Gravity changes the number Scratch lowers the number again and again. The player slows down, stops for a moment, and begins falling.

Landing stops the movement When the player touches the platform, Scratch returns Speed Y to zero.

Scratch blocks controlling the player's jump and gravity — The same idea in Scratch

What students develop

Problem-solving

When the player sinks through the ground, students trace the mistake back through the system instead of guessing.

The player incorrectly sinking through the platform

The problem to solve

Why is the player sinking through the ground?

The idea inside the blocks

How the code fixes the mistake

Each part of the Scratch block has one simple job.

Scratch blocks that detect and correct the player's collision with a solid tile — The working Scratch block

Move: Move the player up or down.

change y by Speed Y

Notice: Check whether the player entered a solid tile.

solid > 0

Decide: Check whether the player was moving upward or downward.

Speed Y < 0

Correct: Return the player to the edge and stop the movement.

Speed Y = 0

Students follow the mistake through the system, correct it, and test the result.

What students develop

Persistence and independence

A difficult problem stops being a dead end. Students learn to slow down, try one change, and use the result to decide what to do next.

01 Try

Begin with an idea.

02 Check

Notice what happened.

03 Improve

Change one thing and try again.

The lesson beyond the project

Progress does not require getting everything right immediately. It comes from paying attention, making an adjustment, and staying with the problem.

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Ten weeks to imagine, build, and complete an interactive adventure of their own. Each session gives students focused time to learn, experiment, and make meaningful progress on one complete project.

90 minute sessions Once a week for 10 weeks

$60 per session $600 for the full course

TAG-filtered computers provided by TechLock
Beginner-friendly Scratch instruction
One complete interactive project
Take-home challenges between sessions

Bring their own interactive adventure to life.

Every week, the adventure grows with them.

Begin with guidance

Build it further

Make it their own

They build an adventure. They develop a way of thinking.

Logical thinking

Problem-solving

Persistence and independence

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