<s>
ScratchJr	B-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
designed	O
to	O
introduce	O
programming	B-General_Concept
skills	O
to	O
children	O
ages	O
5	O
–	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
considered	O
an	O
introductory	O
programming	B-General_Concept
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScratchJr	B-Application
is	O
a	O
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
Scratch	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
10	O
million	O
people	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	B-General_Concept
in	O
Scratch	B-Language
requires	O
basic	O
reading	O
skills	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
creators	O
saw	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
another	O
language	O
which	O
would	O
provide	O
a	O
simplified	O
way	O
to	O
learn	O
programming	B-General_Concept
at	O
a	O
younger	O
age	O
and	O
without	O
any	O
reading	O
or	O
mathematics	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScratchJr	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
collaborative	O
team	O
including	O
Marina	O
Umaschi	O
Bers	O
at	O
Tufts	O
University	O
,	O
Mitchel	O
Resnick	O
at	O
the	O
MIT	O
Media	O
Lab	O
,	O
and	O
Paula	O
Bonta	O
and	O
Brian	O
Silverman	O
at	O
the	O
Playful	O
Invention	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
version	O
called	O
PBS	O
Kids	O
ScratchJr	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
PBS	O
Kids	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScratchJr	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
sprites	O
can	O
be	O
edited	O
or	O
new	O
ones	O
created	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Paint	O
Editor	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
much	O
simpler	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
Scratch	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
categories	O
of	O
programming	B-General_Concept
blocks	O
and	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
blocks	O
within	O
each	O
category	O
have	O
been	O
reduced	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
only	O
most	O
basic	O
ones	O
were	O
retained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScratchJr	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
Catalan	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Danish	O
,	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Brazilian	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Swedish	O
,	O
Thai	O
,	O
Turkish	O
and	O
Welsh	O
.	O
</s>
