Free Ai Courses For Kids
🔍 Curious about AI – IBM SkillsBuild
A no-cost beginner-friendly course that explains how AI perceives and processes data (“sees, hears, and thinks”) code.org+15skillsbuild.org+15ai.thestempedia.com+15
➤ Enroll on SkillsBuild: Free AI Course
🧠 AI + ME – ReadyAI
A fun, self-paced online experience for young learners to explore AI’s big ideas in about an hour skillsbuild.orgreadyai.org+7edu.readyai.org+7ai4k12.org+7
➤ Play AI + ME online
🕹️ Hour of AI: Generation AI – Minecraft Education
Free Minecraft lesson to build AI using MakeCode blocks or Python medium.com+4edu.readyai.org+4edu.readyai.org+4education.minecraft.net+2education.minecraft.net+2ai.thestempedia.com+2
➤ Get started with Hour of AI
🎓 Artificial Intelligence for Kids – Create & Learn
Live (and sometimes self-paced) classes for ages 9–15, covering topics like AI Explorers, Python for AI, and AI Creators. They often offer an Intro session for free.
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🤖 Teach and Learn AI – Code.org
Free, grade 3–12 friendly lessons that teach AI and machine learning with hands-on projects like predictive models and data classification.
➤ Explore Code.org’s AI Curriculum arXiv+2Code.org+2Wikipedia+2
🎨 Generative AI for Kids – Coursera
A free, self-paced course (funded by Coursera) where parents and kids can learn lessons and activities about creating with AI.
➤ Take "Generative AI for Kids" on Coursera
🚀 Swift Playgrounds (by Apple)
A fun, free iPad and Mac app that teaches coding with guided puzzles and challenges. Kids can eventually control robots and build AR experiences too.
➤ Download Swift Playgrounds for free Code.orgWikipedia
🐱 ScratchJr (by MIT)
A tablet-friendly, block-based coding app for ages 5–7 that’s perfect for introducing programming concepts.
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🤖 Open Roberta Lab
A browser-based platform where kids visually code real or virtual robots (like LEGO Mindstorms), and even build simple neural networks — no installation needed!
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📦 Code for Life (Rapid Router)
A UK-based game that starts with visual Blockly puzzles (ages 5–14), then transitions learners to Python — all in a browser.
➤ Play Rapid Router online Wi
