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Learning with Turtle Art

Play with Turtle Art to draw colorful art patterns using a turtle that accepts instructions for movement.

With visual programming blocks, you can snap together programs by compiling (combining) them in ways to create anything you can imagine.

Turtle Art Activity screenshot

What am I learning?

You are learning how to build a set of instructions for a pretend turtle to follow. With repeating instructions and conditional following of the instructions, your pretend turtle can draw shapes and lines over and over again with interesting results.

Why is this important?

You can learn to predict what each instruction will cause the turtle to create with line art. It helps you detect patterns and understand the repetition of instructions.

See Also

Learning and exploring with the XO

Browsing and reading on the Internet

Writing with the XO

Playing with eToys

Drawing with the XO

Chatting with other XO people

Recording with the microphone and capturing images with the cameras

Playing with Pippy

Calculating with the XO

Measuring waveforms with the Measure Activity

Memorizing with the XO

Playing Connect

Playing with TamTam

Installing new Activities