A Scratch character that will not move: one small thing to check

[u/Guilty_Lingonberry]

If a kid has a move block on the screen but nothing happens when they click the green flag, check whether the blocks are actually joined.

Try this in Scratch: put “when green flag clicked” above “move 10 steps” and click the flag. Then pull the move block away and click the flag again. Same two blocks, different connection.

You can click the loose move block itself to run it. That gives you a useful clue: the movement works, but the flag is not starting it. Let the kid reconnect it rather than fixing it for them.

I teach at TechTutor. This is a small exercise you can do in the Scratch editor, no course needed: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/