Ages 8–11: Guided Discovery & Fact-Checking
Help your child learn when to search the web, when to ask AI, and when to ask a real person — plus how to write prompts that actually get good answers.
Search vs Generate Exercise
Not every question belongs in the same place. For each task below, decide whether your child should search the web, ask AI, or ask a real person. This builds the critical skill of choosing the right tool for the job.
Why this matters: Children who learn to pick the right source early develop stronger critical thinking habits. AI is great for creative and learning tasks, but facts need verified sources, and personal questions need real humans.
Prompt Ladder Builder
Great prompts do not happen by accident. Walk through four rungs of the Prompt Ladder to turn a vague question into a specific, useful request. Try it with three different starting prompts and see how each rung improves the result.
Do this with your child: Sit together and let them type their own improved prompts at each rung. The goal is not perfection — it is building the habit of thinking before typing.
STARTING PROMPT (vague)