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LEARNING JOURNEY

We are not learning tools one by one.
We are learning how to create, step by step.

Each session moves just one step forward: first understanding AI, then finding your own ideas, then gradually moving into problems, building, testing, improving, verifying and explaining. Sessions 01–03 are clearer now; 04–08 keep a direction and will evolve based on what the children actually do.

01 · Understand AI↗

What can AI do, how does it learn, why does it make mistakes, and what still needs a human?

02 · Have Your Own Idea↗

If you could make anything, what would you create? Start from your interests and curiosity, make a first version, then judge and improve it yourself.

03 · From “I Want” to “Why?”↗

If you could change one thing, what would you change? Start noticing problems, people and why an idea may be worth pursuing.

04 · Make the Idea Real↗

Move from idea to prototype, using AI more deeply to make something visible and usable.

05 · Let Someone Else Use It↗

“I like it” does not mean “others will like it.” Watch other people use it and learn from their feedback.

06 · The First Version Is Rarely Good↗

Improve from real feedback while deciding for yourself what should change and what should stay.

07 · Is AI Always Right?↗

Check, compare and question AI outputs. Learn the difference between sounding convincing and being reliable.

08 · This Is My Work and My Thinking↗

Explain how your idea changed, how AI helped, what decisions were yours, and what you want to do next.

What we want to build is not mastery of one AI tool.

We want children to develop their own ideas, express them clearly, try things, test and improve, question AI when needed, and explain their own choices.

SESSION 01Completed

AI Is Here. How Do We Grow With It?

Start by understanding AI: what it can do, how it learns, why it can be wrong, and which decisions still need a human.

About 80 minFamily interactionStarting point
WHY THIS SESSION

Build a sound understanding of AI before asking children to create with it.

Session 01 is the starting point of the 8-session journey: what AI can do, how it learns, why it can be wrong, and which decisions still need a human.

Meet AI

Recognition, prediction, recommendation and generative AI.

How it learns

Use simple examples such as cats and dogs or handwritten digits.

Verify

Sounding confident does not mean being correct.

HOW WE LEARN

Listen, predict, try and check.

The session combines discussion, mini experiments, hands-on activities and a family conversation about AI boundaries and responsibility.

MATERIALS

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SESSION 02In preparation

If You Could Make Anything,
What Would You Create?

We are not asking children to solve a big problem yet. We move one step forward: find an idea that feels like their own, express it clearly, then use AI to make a first version.

About 90 minChild-ledParent-supported
GOAL

Move from “I don't know” to “I have an idea.”

The work does not need to be complete. By the end, a child should be able to say: this is what I want to make, this is why, and this is the first thing I want to try.

BEFORE

Keep technology backstage.

Devices

Charge devices and prepare chargers.

Accounts

Sign in to AI tools before the session.

Internet

Check Wi-Fi and keep a hotspot backup.

Materials

A4 paper, sticky notes and markers. Think on paper before opening AI.

Grouping

Think independently first, then form groups of 2–3 around shared interests.

Parent roles

Facilitator keeps flow; guides ask; AI support enters during building; observers record.

00–10 · OPEN

There is no standard answer today.

Say:

“I am not going to tell you what to make. It could be a game, story, character, tool, animation, or something you cannot explain yet. We only have one question: if you could make anything, what would you most want to create?”

10–25 · DISCOVER

No AI yet. Find your own starting point.

Lately I really like ______I keep wondering about ______If I could invent something, I would ______If there were no limits, I would ______
25–40 · CLARIFY

Turn a fuzzy thought into an idea someone else can understand.

MY IDEAI want to make:____________
Because:____________
It might:____________
The first thing I want to see:____________
Parent questionsWhat made you think of this?What would it look like?What is the most important part?If we only make one small part today, which part?

Save “Who does it help?” and “What problem does it solve?” for Session 03.

40–65 · AI CO-CREATE

Now AI enters.

① Child speaks

An adult may type, but does not replace the child's idea.

② AI reflects

AI explains what it understood; the child checks it.

③ Smallest V1

Use the lightest suitable form: image, character, story, interaction, web sketch or mini-game prototype.

④ Child decides

Keep, reject or change each suggestion — and say why.

AI starter

“Here is my idea: ____. Do not change it for me yet. First tell me, in simple words, what you think I want to make. Then ask me three questions that will help me make my idea clearer.”

65–75 · TEST & IMPROVE

Ask the child before asking AI.

KEEP

What already feels right?

CHANGE

What differs from my idea?

ADD

What is missing?

Each child makes at least one child-led change.

75–90 · SHARE

60–90 seconds per child.

Others ask one question or share one curiosity. No scoring.

Parents observe

Where did engagement rise? Where did the child get stuck? Did they reject or change AI?

Child record

Interest, original idea, first version, child-led change, quote and NEXT.

Session review

Which questions opened thinking? Did adults take over? Where did AI help or interfere?

SUCCESS

Look for four signals, not a finished product.

✓ An idea of their own✓ At least one decision✓ At least one change to AI output✓ A “Next time I want to…”
SESSION 03Direction

If You Could Change One Thing, What Would You Change?

Move from “what I want to make” toward why the idea matters, who it affects and what problem sits underneath.

Problem awarenessPeoplePurpose
CORE QUESTION

If you could change one thing, what would you change?

Session 02 allows free imagination. Session 03 moves one step further from “what I want” to “why this might matter”.

Problem

What frustration, difficulty or missed opportunity do I notice?

People

Who else experiences it?

Purpose

What would be different if it changed?

DIRECTION

Independent thinking → small-group discussion → one problem worth exploring → AI as a thinking partner.

The exact activity will be refined after we see what actually happens in Session 02.

SESSION 04Direction

Make the Idea Real

Move from idea to prototype and make the first version visible and usable.

BuildPrototypeAI collaboration
GOAL

Turn one idea into a first visible, usable prototype.

AI is used more deeply here, but the point is still the child’s idea, not tool mastery.

Reduce

What is the smallest useful part we can make first?

Choose a form

Website, game, animation, story or another form that fits the idea.

Build V1

Make the smallest version and learn from it.

SESSION 05Direction

Let Someone Else Use It

Let another person genuinely experience the work and learn from observation and feedback.

TestObserveFeedback
GOAL

Let someone else genuinely use the work.

Children learn that “I understand it” does not mean “other people will”.

Observe

Where do users pause, hesitate or get confused?

Do not explain too soon

Let the work speak for itself first.

Capture feedback

Record real actions and direct quotes, not just “Did you like it?”

SESSION 06Direction

The First Version Is Rarely Good

Use real feedback to improve while deciding what should change and what should stay.

JudgeImproveIterate
GOAL

The first version is rarely good — but not every suggestion should be followed.

This session is about judgement and iteration.

Look at evidence

Which issues appeared repeatedly?

Choose

Which feedback fits the original purpose?

Build V2

Change the most important 1–3 things, then test again.

SESSION 07Direction

Is AI Always Right?

Bring checking, comparing and verification into the child’s own project.

CheckCompareVerify
CORE QUESTION

Is AI always right?

Bring the idea of AI hallucination from Session 01 into the children’s own projects.

Check

Does a factual claim have a source?

Compare

Do different tools or sources agree?

Verify

Can maths, code, images or information be tested in practice?

SESSION 08Direction

This Is My Work and My Thinking

Look back on the whole journey and explain the work, the changes, the decisions and the next step.

DemoReflectExplain
FINAL SESSION

This is my work, and this is my thinking.

The final session is not only a product showcase. Children explain the journey behind the work.

At the start

What did I want to make, and why?

What changed

What went wrong, what changed and why?

What next

If I continue, what do I want to explore next?

DEMO DAY

Not “AI made this for me.”

We want children to be able to say: this was my idea, this is where AI helped, these were my decisions, and this is what I want to explore next.