AI Builder 1:1
$85
One live 45-minute online session for one learner, with a guardian present.
A custom mission, live coaching, a kid-led stress test, a finished System Designer report, and a five-minute family debrief.
Request this sessionFor kids & families
Young builders learn to boss the robots — kindly.
Four interactive missions that turn young people from AI passengers into system designers: build a helper, test its limits, debug exact instructions, and keep humans in charge of what matters. No accounts, no data collected, nothing leaves this page.
Cohort mission · ages 9–14
Build a helper. Keep the human magic.
Design a helper, launch it through a live simulation, catch a risky surprise, turn the save into a rule, and unlock a take-home System Designer report—all without an account, a prompt, or personal information.
Magic Mission Control
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Design spark 1 of 4
Pick a mission
What should your helper make easier? One tap is enough.
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Mission control ready.
No account · no personal data · no outside AI
Game one · ages 7+
Who Decides?
Eight everyday situations. For each one, decide: can the computer handle it alone, does a human decide, or does the computer draft while a human checks? There is a pattern — find it.
Scenario 1 of 8
Score 0
Your robot helper wants to send a message to your grandmother all by itself.
Game two · ages 9+
Robot Rules
Write IF–THEN rules for a helper robot, then run a simulated day and watch what your system catches — and what slips through. Spoiler: something always slips. That is the lesson.
Write the robot’s rules: when this happens, do that.
Pick up to 5 rules — one per event. Then run the day and see what your system catches.
When…
The robot should…
Your rulebook (0/5)
No rules yet — the robot will just stand there.
Game three · ages 8+
Robo Runner
Write the program — forward, turn left, turn right — then watch the bot execute exactly what you wrote. Not what you meant. What you wrote. Three levels, a few walls, and the most honest lesson in computing.
Level 1 — Straight shot
Three steps. That is the whole program.
Program the bot (0/14)
No commands yet — the bot is waiting.
Live online · ages 9–14
Small enough to hear every kid think.
The Kids Zone games stay free. These paid sessions add live facilitation, feedback, a finished family artifact, and a grown-up-guided learning environment.
Four-session 1:1 pack
$299
Four live 45-minute sessions for one learner, scheduled with the purchasing adult.
A four-mission progression: decide, build, debug, and present—with personalized challenges and a complete family-helper portfolio.
Request this sessionAI Builders Club
$179
Four Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. Central: September 19, 26, October 3, and October 10, 2026.
Four guided missions, personal feedback, weekly take-home artifacts, and a final kid-led demo. Capped at six so every learner is heard.
Request this sessionWho Decides? Live Lab
$25
One playful 45-minute online group lab for ages 9–14, with a guardian nearby.
A fast live adventure with a facilitator-led surprise, human-in-charge challenge, completion badge, and family conversation prompt.
Request this sessionEvery kid is heard
Small groups and live coaching—not another video to watch.
Every idea gets tested
Learners watch the system run, meet a surprise, and improve the rule.
Every family gets proof
A take-home mission report, clear language, and a short grown-up debrief.
The grown-up stays in the loop.
A purchasing adult books the session and a guardian remains present. No child email, download, private message, recording, or outside AI account is required. Learner work stays private unless a guardian gives separate written permission.
Off-screen
Four things to do at the kitchen table.
The best AI education for kids does not need a screen. These need paper, pencils, and a grown-up who asks good questions.
Map your morning
On paper, map every step from waking up to walking out the door — the waits, the decisions, the exceptions. That is a workflow. Kids who can map a morning can map anything.
The never-list poster
Every good system has a list of things it must never do. Make one for your home robot (real or imaginary): never share my location, never spend money, never message strangers. Hang it up.
Instructions like a recipe
Write instructions for making a sandwich so literally that a robot could follow them. Then follow them exactly — and laugh at what you forgot. Precision is the whole game.
Family workflow night
Pick one annoying family chore, map it together, and decide: what could a computer help with, what stays human, and how would you know it actually helped?
For the grown-ups
These games teach the exact rule the adult programs teach: AI assists, humans decide and approve. When your kid is ready for more, the field guide walks the full method — and our workshops welcome families, classrooms, and after-school programs.
Bring this to your classroom or program.
These games and the curriculum behind them are free for Memphis educators and youth programs. Tell us about your kids — we will help you teach them to stay in charge of the machines.