This research describes sorne of the difficulties that have arisen in the teaching and learning of the measurement of the a rea in polygons and in the solution of geometric problems that involve said measure. He proposes to demonstrate how the design of didactic sequences in Scratch software, contributes to the reduction of these difficulties, which are evidenced in a group of sixth grade students, such as: solution of problems that involve the measurement of the area in polygons, measurement by approximation, use of instruments and units of measurement, differentiation between area and perimeter, calculation of the area by surface paving and composition, conservation of the measure and conversion of units.