Grades 4–9 · Live 1:1 online
AI Classes for Kids: Prompting and Creating with AI
AI tools can now draw, design, make videos and music, write and code, and children are curious about them. In this beginner course they learn to use AI as a creative helper: writing clear prompts, improving results step by step, and making real projects, while learning what AI gets wrong, how to stay safe and how to use it honestly at school.
Grades
4–9
Duration
2 months
Topic
AI & Data · Design & Media
Format
Live 1:1 online
Who it's for
Is AI Creator Lab: Prompting for Kids right for your child?
- Children curious about AI image, video and chat tools
- Creative kids who love drawing, stories, music or games
- Parents who want their child to use AI safely and wisely
Before starting: None. Comfortable using a computer helps. Many AI tools have a 13+ age rule, so younger children use age-appropriate tools and trainer-led demos, and older children use some tools only with a parent's account and permission.
A hands-on, beginner course in using AI tools well and safely. Children learn to write clear prompts and use AI to create pictures, designs, short videos, music, stories and simple code, and to get study help, while learning to check what AI gets wrong and to protect their privacy.
What you'll need
- A laptop or desktop with a stable internet connection
- A laptop or desktop with internet
- AI tools are used through trainer-led demos or age-appropriate tools; tools with a 13+ age rule are used only with a parent's account and permission
Computational concepts covered
- Sequence
- Loops (not covered)
- Events
- Conditionals (not covered)
- Parallelism (not covered)
- Operators (not covered)
- Data
Concepts from the Creative Computing framework (Harvard Graduate School of Education).
Syllabus
What your child learns in AI Creator Lab: Prompting for Kids
Module 1
What AI is and how to talk to it
- How AI tools make text, pictures and sounds
- Writing clear, specific prompts
- Improving results step by step
Module 2
Creating pictures and designs
- Image prompts: subject, style, colour and mood
- Posters, logos and cards with AI design tools
- Editing and combining AI images with your own work
Module 3
Stories, video and music
- Planning a story and storyboard with AI
- Short videos and animations from prompts
- AI music and sound effects
Module 4
AI for code and learning
- Asking AI to explain and fix code
- Building a small game with AI help
- Using AI as a study buddy without copying
Module 5
Using AI responsibly
- Checking facts and spotting AI mistakes
- Privacy: never sharing personal details or photos
- Bias, fairness, copyright and honest use
Projects your child builds
- A prompt cookbook
- An AI-designed poster and logo
- An illustrated story
- A short AI video or animation
- A simple game built with AI help
- A capstone AI creation
By the end of the course
- Writes clear prompts and improves AI results
- Creates images, designs, video, music and code with AI tools
- Checks AI output, protects their privacy and uses AI honestly
Level 5 of the CodingChamp learning path
AI & Generative AI
A natural next step afterwards: Generative AI Classes for Kids and Teens. Not sure where your child should start?
One simple price for every course · 20% off now
$96
8 × 60-minute live 1:1 classes · $12 per class · standard $120
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