Online Scratch Class · St. Louis · Ages 8 to 10

Online Scratch class
for kids in St. Louis.

A one-month online Scratch class for St. Louis kids ages 8 to 10. Your child builds four playable games at home, each with a personal video review, starting from zero no matter what their school has covered.

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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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis parents look online

The case for doing this from home.

The St. Louis area is split across a lot of separate districts, and what a child gets exposed to at school varies street by street. This class does not depend on any of that. It starts from the assumption that your child has never opened Scratch, and the lessons after the first one are picked for where they actually are rather than for what grade they are in.

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	St. Louis, MO 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis

The practical answers

Not at all. The class is completely independent of any school. Nothing is reported anywhere and nothing requires a school’s involvement.

No. Our locations are in Northern California, so for Missouri families this class is online.

He works it out at the meet and greet, which is a one-on-one call with your child rather than with you. After that he adjusts as he sees the games they build.

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, St. Louis?

It does not matter which St. Louis district you are in or what it does or does not cover. The first lesson starts from nothing, and Matt works out where your child actually is on the call.

Book the meet and greet, $99

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

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