Weekend 1 · Lessons 1–2Start Coding & Meet AI
- Scratch basics
- Loops
- Animation
- Introduction to AI
What your child creates
Create an animated character and learn the foundations of AI prompting.
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Lesson 1Welcome to Coding
- What coding is and why it matters
- Getting started with Scratch
- Loops: telling the computer to repeat an action
- Bringing a character to life with animation
- Drawing and animating their own character
What your child takes awayAn animated character they designed and drew themselves.
Lesson 2Movement, Direction and Meeting AI
- Making characters spin and rotate
- Controlling which way characters face and move
- How human intelligence and artificial intelligence are different
- What AI is in simple terms
- What an LLM (Large Language Model) is
- Meeting Gemini
- Learning what a prompt is
What your child takes awayA rotating animation and a clear, age-appropriate understanding of AI and how to talk to it.












