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Doing · Directing AI like a team 20 min · pencil, bread, butter or jam, blunt knife ★★☆

Program your grown-up

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Your grown-up is a robot. It does exactly what you write!

  1. Write the steps to make a sandwich.
  2. Your grown-up does exactly what you wrote.
  3. Fix what went wrong and try again.

Task: Make a sandwich with bread and butter or jam.

StepMy instructionWhat the grown-up didFix
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Grown-up corner

Why it matters: Computers and AI tools do what we say, not what we mean. Clear, step-by-step instructions are the first skill of directing AI. The grown-up handles the knife. Check for food allergies first.

Extend it: Swap roles: your child follows your steps to draw a secret picture. Talk about how this is like asking an AI for help.

My brain felt: ☐ easy ☐ just right ☐ stretchy
One thing I learned: ________________________
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