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Online Scratch Class · Los Angeles · Ages 8 to 10

Online Scratch class
for kids in Los Angeles.

A one-month online Scratch class for Los Angeles kids ages 8 to 10. Your child builds four playable games at home, and Matt records a personal video review of every one of them.

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$99 one time. No subscription, learn from home.

How it works

One call, then they are off.

There is no class to attend and nothing to install. Scratch runs in any browser, so your child in Los Angeles works on their own schedule.

Start with a meet and greet

Your $99 month begins with a meet and greet with Matt. He helps set up your Hackingtons and Scratch accounts and gives your child their first assignment. If your child is not excited after the meeting, you have 48 hours to ask for a full refund, no questions asked.

Lessons that fit your child

Matt sends your child personalized lessons throughout the month, tailored to their age and ability level.

Personalized video reviews

Matt plays each finished game, then sends your child a personalized video review: what worked, and what to try next. Yes, he really plays it.

A weekly email for you

Every week you get a summary of the lessons Matt sent, the games your child built, and the feedback he gave. You stay in the loop without having to sit next to them.

Why Los Angeles parents look online

The case for doing this from home.

LA is spread across a lot of freeway, and an after-school class that looks close on a map can still be forty minutes each way. That drive is the reason plenty of Los Angeles parents go looking for something online: the class itself might only be an hour, but the commute quietly doubles it. This one has no commute at all. Your child opens a browser whenever it suits your week and builds the next game.

Ages8 to 10, no prior coding experience needed
Price$99 USD, charged once. No subscription.
LengthOne month from the meet and greet
FormatSelf-paced at home, plus one live meet and greet
ServingLos Angeles, CA and the surrounding area, online
InstructorMatt Highland, licensed California elementary school teacher, author of Coding for Kids: Scratch
SoftwareScratch, free and browser-based. Nothing to install.
What you needA computer with a web browser and an internet connection
RefundFull refund for 48 hours after the meet and greet

The 1 month curriculum

Four games they can actually play.

Each one is a real, playable program, not an exercise. Your child in Los Angeles can send the link to a grandparent anywhere and it works in their browser.

Game 1

Butterfly Clicker

Click the butterflies and score as many points as you can.

Game 2

Shark Escape

A diver, a shark, and the first game you can lose.

Game 3

Maze Escape

Draw a maze, fill it with enemies, find the way out.

Game 4

Flappy Bird

The one they have played a hundred times, built from nothing.

If your child is more advanced, they can work on more challenging games. More about the curriculum.

A note from Matt

“Wow, I built that.”

I started Hackingtons in 2014 in the Bay Area, and we have taught thousands of kids to code since. The part I care about most is still the first month, the moment a kid sits back and says wow, I built that.

I play every finished game myself and record a video about it, for your child in Los Angeles the same as for a kid in our own classroom. Not an assistant, and not generated. That is the part a video tutorial cannot do.

Matt Highland at his desk with a microphone.

Matt Highland

Co-founder, Hackingtons

  • Licensed California public elementary school teacher
  • Author of Coding for Kids: Scratch
  • Teaching kids to code since 2014

In person

Classrooms, if you want one.

Our in-person classrooms are all in Northern California, so they are not a realistic option from Los Angeles. This class was built for exactly that situation.

Questions from Los Angeles

The practical answers

Not in Los Angeles. Hackingtons classrooms are in Northern California: Pleasant Hill, Dublin, Brentwood, and Rocklin. For LA families this online class is the way in, and it is built to work that way rather than being a video version of a room class.

No. The first lesson assumes your child has never opened Scratch, whatever their school does or does not cover. Reading well enough to follow a video and being comfortable with a mouse is the whole requirement.

No. The class is self-paced, so your child works whenever suits. The only live piece is a one-on-one meet and greet at the start, which you book yourself.

The meet and greet, every lesson, and Matt’s personal video reviews for thirty days. Charged once when you book. No subscription, no second charge, nothing to cancel. Your month starts on the day of the meet and greet, not the day you pay.

Full refund for 48 hours after the meet and greet, no questions asked. By then you will have met Matt and seen exactly what your child is getting. And if they run out of steam partway through, their account and all the lessons stay open for good.

No experience at all. The first lesson assumes they have never opened Scratch. Eight is the sweet spot: they need to read well enough to follow a video and be comfortable with a mouse, and that is the whole requirement.

Eight more answers, including what you need and what happens after the month, are on the main class page. Questions before booking? Email [email protected].

Ready to meet Matt, Los Angeles?

Los Angeles is a long way from our classrooms and it makes no difference here. What your child needs is a browser and a bit of curiosity. What they end up with is four games and a teacher who watched every one.

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Full refund for 48 hours after the meet and greet, no questions asked.

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