Scratch is the hottest programming environment for children who want to learn how to program and for adults who are using Scratch to teach programming to children.  Scratch is an invention from MIT and has attracted 1/2 million registered users in the Scratch community, creating and sharing their animations with the world.

Schools have incorporated Scratch into their computer science curriculum and graduate students are using Scratch as their research and teaching platforms.

TeachMeProgramming.com has found very good resources for teaching Scratch.  Here is a quality video that introduces the basic concepts of Scratch to you.

In this video, you will learn about the Scratch programming environment and its user interface.

The Scratch Interface

This video and the rest in this series are produced by the Ottawa Catholic School in Canada for her sixth graders.