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Climb the Builder's Ladder

Every grade adds at most one new major tool, so skills stack without cliffs. Tap any rung to see the year.

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Grade 3 Ages 8–9 24h guided

Think Like a Builder

“How do we give instructions so exactly that even a machine can follow them?”

  • Unplugged algorithms with body and cards
  • First ScratchJr stories with events and loops
  • Levers, cams, and linkages in cardboard

Capstone

Automaton Theater

A hand-cranked cardboard automaton performs alongside its own animated digital backdrop.

New this year: ScratchJr → Scratch · cardboard mechanisms

Read the full Grade 3 syllabus