The Program
An 8-week lab where curiosity becomes real work
AI Youth Lab is a structured, project-based academy — not a tool workshop, not a lecture series. Here's exactly how it works.
Who It's For
Built for ambitious young builders
Students aged 9–15 who are curious about technology and willing to make things — stories, websites, prototypes, research — and present them in English.
Ages 9–11
Junior Creator Track
For curious beginners who love stories, images, and ideas. Students turn imagination into real, presentable work — no coding background required. The engineering habits — decompose, specify, iterate — take root here, wrapped in creativity.
Focus areas
- Safe & responsible AI use
- Prompt thinking
- AI storytelling & research
- AI image generation & design
- English presentation skills
- Creative mini website
Ages 12–15
AI Builder Track
For students drawn to technology, products, and research. Students go deeper — prompt engineering, AI-assisted coding, and prototyping — and finish with portfolio-grade work.
Focus areas
- Prompt engineering
- AI-assisted coding
- App prototyping & no-code tools
- Research & data with AI
- Product thinking
- English demo presentation
How It Works
The weekly rhythm
Each week pairs a live session with a concrete project task — so learning compounds into a finished piece of work by week 8.
- Live classes
- 2 hours daily, 6:00–8:00 pm Beijing time, in English, on Zoom
- Project work
- 1–2 hours of independent build time around classes
- Feedback
- Written instructor feedback on every assignment
- Parent updates
- Progress notes at weeks 2, 4, 6, and after Demo Day
- Weeks 9–12
- Optional Silicon Valley immersion — $0 tuition for graduates
The Arc
Eight weeks, one finished project
- Week 1AI Foundations & Safety
- Week 2Prompt Thinking
- Week 3AI Storytelling & Research
- Week 4AI Image, Design & Multimodal Creation
- Week 5AI Presentation & Communication
- Week 6AI Coding / No-Code Prototyping
- Week 7Final Project Build
- Week 8Demo Day with Guest Mentors
A Typical Class Day
What 6:00–8:00 pm actually looks like
Every daily session follows the same proven rhythm — enough structure to make progress inevitable, enough building time to make it theirs.
- 18:00–18:10Warm-up in English — recap yesterday's build, share one win
- 18:10–18:40New concept + live demo from the lead instructor
- 18:40–19:10Guided build — everyone makes the thing, instructor circulating
- 19:10–19:35Independent project work with 1-on-1 check-ins
- 19:35–19:50Show & tell — two students present, cohort gives feedback
- 19:50–20:00Wrap-up, tomorrow's mission, and a note to parents when due
Who Teaches
A teaching team, not a talking head
Lead Instructors
English-first educators who teach the daily two-hour sessions. Every instructor is trained on our curriculum and re-certified each cohort as the tools evolve.
Teaching Assistants
Bilingual TAs (English + Chinese or Korean) in every class — tracking progress, unblocking tech issues, and making sure no student silently falls behind.
Guest Mentors
Practitioners from leading AI companies join scheduled guest sessions, review projects at key milestones, and sit on the Demo Day panel.
- Small Group Cohort
- ≤ 5 : 1 student-teacher ratio
- Premium Cohort
- ≤ 3 : 1 student-teacher ratio
- 1:1 Mentorship
- 1 : 1, by definition
Tools
Professional tools, teacher-guided
Students use the same categories of tools professionals use — always inside a structured, supervised workflow.
- ChatGPT / Claude (teacher-guided)
- AI image generation tools
- Presentation & design tools
- Website & no-code builders
- AI-assisted coding environments
- Research & fact-checking workflows
Requirements
- Age 9–15
- Basic English comprehension
- Laptop or desktop computer
- Stable internet connection
- Parent permission and support
- Curiosity and willingness to build
No prior coding experience is required for the Junior Creator Track.
This program is not a fit for
- Families looking for AI to do their child's homework
- Families looking for a cheap trial class
- Students unable to commit time to weekly project work
- Students with no interest in learning in English
- Families who want a certificate without doing the project
Fall 2026 cohort — applications open
Applications are open for the next 8-week cohort.
Seats are limited by design — small groups are how real mentorship works. Apply now and our admissions team will guide you through placement.