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Programming
with AI

Real tools. Real projects. Real skills. Ages 9–13.

8
Lessons
1
Month
Per week
No prior experience
needed

Why this course

Learning by building
things they love

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Projects they care about

Minecraft mods, racing games, fantasy adventures — motivation is built right in.

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AI as a tool, not a crutch

Children learn to discuss, prompt, review and critique AI output — the skill that matters most.

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Professional tools from day one

VS Code, Git, ChatGPT, Claude — the same stack used by real developers.

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Team + individual growth

Group problem-solving in class, personal creativity at home.

How it works

Every lesson, the same
powerful loop

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Discuss
Group brainstorm with instructor
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Prompt
Write the AI prompt together
Generate
AI writes the code
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Review
Test, find bugs, improve
💬 ChatGPT — planning
⌨️ VS Code — editor
🤖 Claude — coding
🌿 Git — version control

Lesson 01 · Minecraft

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Flying Animals
& Physics

We build a Minecraft mod that makes animals fly — and bounce off each other following the law of reflection: angle of incidence equals angle of reflection.

JavaMinecraft ForgeVelocity VectorsCollision Physics
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Discuss

What happens when billiard balls collide? How do angles work?

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Prompt AI

Ask Claude to write the mod code, step by step.

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Test & Fix

Run it in Minecraft, find bugs, improve the behaviour.

Lesson 02 · Pixel Art & 3D

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Draw Your Own
Creature

Using Blockbench, the group designs a custom mob — pixel art texture and 3D model — then adds it to the physics mod from Lesson 1. It flies and bounces too.

BlockbenchPixel Art3D ModelingMod Integration
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Design

Draw the creature texture pixel by pixel in Blockbench.

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Export

Export the model and texture, connect to the existing mod.

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At home

Each student can design their own personal character.

Lesson 03 · Git + Mechanics

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Git & Spinning
Gears Mod

We introduce Git — version control used by every professional developer. Then we commit our two existing mods and start a new one: rotating gear artifacts with motion transfer mechanics.

GitVersion ControlCommit / HistoryGear Mechanics
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What is Git?

Save snapshots of your work. Never lose progress. See your history.

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Gears mod

Add rotating gear items to Minecraft. Begin building motion transfer.

Lesson 04 · Theory + Minecraft

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Motion Transfer
& Computer Architecture

We finish the gear motion transfer mod, then pause to understand what's happening inside the computer. Gears make a perfect metaphor: motion transfer → data flow, gears → system components.

CPU / Memory / I/OData FlowMotion Transfer
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CPU

The brain — processes instructions one by one.

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Memory

Fast temporary storage while the program runs.

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Data flow

Just like gears transmit force, components pass data.

Lesson 05 · Web Games Begin

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Game Graphics
& How Code Runs

We switch from Minecraft to the browser. We create the graphics for our Princesses & Dragons game and explore how code actually executes — continuing our computer architecture journey.

HTML / CSS / JSGame GraphicsCode Execution
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HTML / CSS / JS

The three layers of every web page and browser game.

How code runs

From text you write to pixels on screen — step by step.

Lesson 06 · First Web Game

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Princesses &
Dragons — Complete!

We finish building the Princesses & Dragons browser game. By the end of this lesson, the group has a fully playable game made with real web technologies.

JavaScriptGame LogicBrowser Game
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Game loop

How a game updates and redraws 60 times per second.

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Ship it!

A complete, playable game — built by the group together.

Lesson 07 · Racing Game

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Racing Game —
Build

We start building a browser racing game. Cars, a track, collision detection between vehicles — lots of graphics and physics to implement in JavaScript.

JavaScriptGraphicsCollision DetectionGame Physics
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Cars & Track

Draw the race track and vehicles using canvas graphics.

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Collisions

Detect when cars hit each other and react realistically.

Lesson 08 · Finish Line

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Racing Game +
Certificates

We complete the racing game — adding statistics, lap times and a scoreboard. Then we celebrate: every student receives a course completion certificate.

StatisticsScoreboard🎓 Certificate
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Stats & Scores

Track lap times, display a live leaderboard during the race.

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Graduation

Course completion certificates for every student.

What your child walks away with

Skills that last

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AI Collaboration

Write effective prompts, evaluate AI output critically — not blindly trust it.

Java Basics

Real programming language through Minecraft mod development.

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Web Development

HTML, CSS, JavaScript — how websites and browser games are built.

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Version Control (Git)

Save progress, track changes, work like a real developer.

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Computer Architecture

Understand what's happening inside the machine, not just on screen.

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3D & Pixel Art

Design game characters in Blockbench and bring them to life in code.

Practical details

Everything you need
to know

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Duration
1 month · 8 lessons
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Schedule
Twice per week
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Ages
9 – 13 years old
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Prerequisites
No prior experience needed
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Format
In-person & Online
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Equipment
No setup needed in class
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Ready to start
building?

Your child's first real coding adventure starts here.

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Konstantin Khait
// Instructor
Squirrel Wisdom Academy

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