Online Scratch Class · Seattle · Ages 8 to 10

Online Scratch class
for kids in Seattle.

A one-month online Scratch class for Seattle kids ages 8 to 10. Four playable games built at home, each with a personal video review from a credentialed elementary school teacher.

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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 Seattle 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 Seattle parents look online

The case for doing this from home.

Seattle has more software engineers per block than almost anywhere, and that cuts both ways for an eight year old. The bar for what counts as impressive is high, and a kid can conclude early that coding is something other people are already good at. Starting in Scratch sidesteps that. Your child builds a game that works, quickly, and the first person to play it is a teacher who tells them what they did well.

Key facts about the Hackingtons Online Scratch Class
Ages	8 to 10, no prior coding experience needed
Price	$99 USD, charged once. No subscription.
Length	One month from the meet and greet
Format	Self-paced at home, plus one live meet and greet
Serving	Seattle, WA and the surrounding area, online
Instructor	Matt Highland, licensed California elementary school teacher, author of Coding for Kids: Scratch
Software	Scratch, free and browser-based. Nothing to install.
What you need	A computer with a web browser and an internet connection
Refund	Full 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 Seattle 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 Seattle 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

Co-founder, Hackingtons

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

Questions from Seattle

The practical answers

No, our classrooms are in Northern California. For Seattle families this class is fully online, and it was designed that way rather than adapted from a room class.

Most of the alternatives are either a group class or a subscription app. Neither of them looks at your child’s actual project. Here Matt plays the game your child built and records a video about their code, which is the part that makes a beginner want to build the next one.

No. An app gives your child puzzles with a right answer already in the box. Here they build their own game, decide how it works, and hand it to a teacher who plays it and responds to what they actually made. Those are different experiences.

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, Seattle?

A Seattle kid can spend years hearing that software is important without ever building any. This is the month that changes, and there is a teacher watching every step of it.

Book the meet and greet, $99

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

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