Scratch

Try starting here:
http://scratch.wik.is/Support

Scratch Support contains useful information teaching about Scratch and the blocks.

Welcome to Scratch! I was, no doubt, the WORST Scratcher when I started out. My first project (never shared), had a fish swimming. That's all. I'm sure any Scratcher can do better than that, and with some experience, you could become (eventually) one of the best Scratchers on the site!

A maybe better approach is to ask what you need help with. Then people can do a more direct response, as there are so many features in Scratch it's impossible to write them all in one post.

12three wrote:

I'm pretty terrible at scratch, so please some experienced scratchers post some tips for us 'kids'.<pen up>

Welcome!  You've completed the first step by setting up an account 

To learn how to use Scratch, check out the Getting Started reference guide, tutorial videos and Scratch Cards from the Scratch site's Support page here: http://scratch.wik.is/Support

These materials include many examples that show you how to animate, play sounds, move sprites and more.   Also, since you can download other peoples projects you can look at their code to learn how their projects were created.  If you ask questions on the forums others are happy to help.  Finally, a book about Scratch will be published later this summer: http://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Programming-Teens-Jerry-Ford/dp/1598635360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213158493&sr=1-1


Also, here are some helpful forum discussions to welcome you:

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Topic: What's YOUR Scratch Story?
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7086

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Topic: The first thing I did when I started Scratch was...
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7891

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Topic: Tutorials
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7845

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Topic: Coding hotline. if you need help coding just ask and we'll help
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7857

This account has some tutorials for you, from basic movement, to velocity scrolling, to line sensing and shooting