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Four useful weeks, generated locally

Find an AI learning path for your child

Parents and guardians can combine a child’s age, current experience, learning goal, available time, and adult support to create a four-week AI pathway. The plan stays in the browser, begins with age-appropriate foundations, includes hands-on checking, and never recommends independent AI use to children under 13.

For families with children ages 7–14. An adult remains responsible for accounts, privacy, sources, and supervision.

Private by design: choices stay in this browser tab. This tool has no child account, saved history, cookies, storage, or transmitted answers. Close the page to discard the selections.

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Age band
Experience
Goal
Weekly time
Adult support

Choose the options and create a plan. Without JavaScript, use the complete age progression below.

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AgeWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
Ages 7–9Notice patterns
Watch What Is Artificial Intelligence?
Activity: Sort ten household objects two different ways.
Check: Name the clue used for each group.
Destination: Open the week resource
Label examples
Read AI Explained Simply
Activity: Draw six cards and label examples for two groups.
Check: Find one card that could fit both groups.
Destination: Open the week resource
Test a rule
Use the Offline Object Sorter
Activity: Ask another person to follow the rule with new objects.
Check: Record one surprising result.
Destination: Open the week resource
Check media evidence
Try Real or AI? Animal Detectives
Activity: Complete the fictional provenance cards with an adult.
Check: Explain when cannot tell is the best answer.
Destination: Open the week resource
Ages 10–12Define a problem
Watch AI and Machine Learning
Activity: Write the input, intended output, and success test.
Check: Check that the task needs patterns rather than a fixed rule.
Destination: Open the week resource
Build a small system
Choose a documented project
Activity: Create a paper decision tree or small visual-code model.
Check: Save the first result before revising.
Destination: Open the week resource
Test evidence
Watch AI Memory and References
Activity: Compare the fictional museum reference cards.
Check: Label each result supported or unknown.
Destination: Open the week resource
Document evidence
Use the Learning Roadmap
Activity: Create a one-page project card with tests and limits.
Check: Explain what the system cannot conclude.
Destination: Open the week resource
Ages 13–14Compare model types
Read Machine Learning for Kids
Activity: Compare a rule system, classifier, and generative model.
Check: Name the evidence each output would need.
Destination: Open the week resource
Build or code
Choose Coding Tools
Activity: Implement a small model, decision system, or evaluation script.
Check: Keep a change log with one failure.
Destination: Open the week resource
Evaluate learning
Try AI as a Study Coach
Activity: Explain a topic, ask for one hint, and solve a transfer problem.
Check: Check the coach's feedback against a reliable source.
Destination: Open the week resource
Present trade-offs
Use the Learning Roadmap
Activity: Present purpose, evidence, limits, and responsible-use boundaries.
Check: Invite a parent to challenge one design choice.
Destination: Open the week resource