Enough watching — Eon's dad makes him tap the buttons himself. "You learn by doing," not by listening to dad talk.
Find your way around
ScratchJr has a few key buttons:
- a home button (the little house) — your home base, where every project lives,
- a question mark for help,
- and a + to start a brand-new project.
Eon's dad even pauses on the plus sign — "plus, not X" — and explains it sweetly: **"plus means I want something more."** Tap it, and bam — a new, blank project.
The mindset shift
Here's the quiet but huge idea in this lesson. When Eon opens that new project, his dad says: "This is how a developer views a game — not just tapping it to play, but opening it to build."
Same iPad, same cat — but Eon's role just flipped. He's not a player opening a game to enjoy. He's a maker opening a workshop to create one.
Try it
If you have ScratchJr, press the house, then the +, and watch a fresh blank stage appear. That empty stage is the beginning of your game. 🎉