CodingChamp

Grades 5–12 · Live 1:1 online

AI & Machine Learning Classes for Kids

AI is everywhere in children's lives, and this course helps them understand how it actually works. Students train their own image and text classifiers, build beginner chatbots, and learn to think critically about bias, privacy and responsible use of AI.

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Grades

5–12

Duration

2 months

Topic

AI & Data · Programming

Format

Live 1:1 online

Who it's for

Is AI & Machine Learning for Kids right for your child?

  • Students in Class 5 to 12
  • Children curious about how AI tools work
  • Students with some Python, or those ready to learn it alongside

Before starting: Comfortable typing. Some Python helps for the later projects.

A hands-on introduction to artificial intelligence and machine learning, built on the Python foundation from our other courses. Students explore how AI actually works — training simple image and text classifiers, experimenting with tools like Google's Teachable Machine, and building beginner chatbots — while learning to think critically about how AI is used (and misused) in the real world.

What you'll need

  • A laptop or desktop with a stable internet connection
  • A webcam for the image-recognition projects

Computational concepts covered

  • Sequence (not covered)
  • Loops
  • Events (not covered)
  • Conditionals
  • Parallelism (not covered)
  • Operators (not covered)
  • Data

Concepts from the Creative Computing framework (Harvard Graduate School of Education).

Student in a live CodingChamp AI & Machine Learning for Kids class

Syllabus

What your child learns in AI & Machine Learning for Kids

  1. Module 1

    What AI really is

    • Rules vs. learning from examples
    • Training, testing and accuracy

  2. Module 2

    Training models

    • Image classifiers with Teachable Machine
    • Why data quality matters

  3. Module 3

    Text and chatbots

    • How chatbots respond
    • Building a beginner chatbot

  4. Module 4

    Responsible AI

    • Bias and fairness
    • Privacy and honest use of AI at school

Projects your child builds

  • A gesture or object classifier
  • A beginner chatbot
  • An AI experiment of the student's choice

By the end of the course

  • Explains how machine learning models are trained
  • Builds simple classifiers and chatbots
  • Uses AI tools thoughtfully and responsibly

Level 5 of the CodingChamp learning path

AI & Generative AI

A natural next step afterwards: Web Development Classes for Kids. Not sure where your child should start?

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$96

8 × 60-minute live 1:1 classes · $12 per class · standard $120

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FAQ

AI & Machine Learning for Kids classes: parents' questions

Not to start. Early projects use browser tools. Later projects use Python, so learning it makes AI much more powerful.

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Your child meets a trainer, tries a short lesson, and we suggest the right starting level. No payment needed.