Ages 8–16 · Live Online
Max 8 students per class
Structured summer skill program · Beginner-friendly

Your Child Learns to Direct AI. Build With It. Stay Smarter With It.

A live, instructor-led AI summer camp for kids ages 8 to 16. Ten days of real projects, rigorous thinking, and responsible AI use, delivered in small cohorts where every child gets seen.

Google Meet · Recordings included · Demo Day + certificate + portfolio

AI Summer Camp for kids

Every session starts with your child’s ideas.

AI shows up to amplify what’s already theirs — not to do their thinking for them. That’s the whole philosophy, built into every lesson.

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Ideas before AI, always

Students brainstorm and outline first. When AI enters the room, it deepens and expands thinking that’s already their own.

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A builder's mindset, by design

They learn to direct tools, critique outputs, and ship original work — leaving with a portfolio and the confidence that built it.

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Safety and ethics, built in

Privacy basics, smart boundaries, and responsible use — taught in plain, age-appropriate language throughout the whole camp.

What your child walks away with

Ten days at AI camp. Tangible skills. A project they made themselves.

The children who thrive in an AI-driven world are the ones who know how to think clearly, ask precise questions, and produce original work. This camp trains exactly that — through real projects and hands-on creation.

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A working creator portfolio

Comics, stories, product concepts, or short videos — original AI-powered projects they built themselves.

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Sharper critical thinking

The habit of forming their own ideas first — and using AI to pressure-test and expand them.

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Confident AI communication

Clearer prompting, better questioning, and the skill to evaluate and improve what AI gives back.

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Digital wisdom they’ll keep

A practical understanding of safety, privacy, and responsible use that travels with them long after camp ends.

What they'll actually build

What Your Child Gains at This AI Summer Camp for Kids

Every session is project-driven. Children create, iterate, and present. Two separate age tracks mean the depth and pace always match your child's stage.

What Your Child Will Actually Learn (Beyond the Activities)
How to think before using AI. Every child leaves with the Think First habit: developing their own ideas before bringing AI in to expand them. This keeps their originality intact and prevents passive dependence on the tool.
How to write precise, structured prompts. Through the CLEAR method, children learn a repeatable five-part framework that produces results matching what they actually had in mind.
How to combine multiple tools into one finished piece of work. Writing, image generation, audio, design. Children experience complete multi-tool workflows across the full two weeks.
How to critique AI output and improve it deliberately. Children are taught to spot what is generic, weak, or inaccurate in AI-generated content, then refine it with intention. This is the skill that separates someone who uses AI from someone who directs it.
Creative confidence built on a real completed project. Every child finishes with something they built, named, designed, and can explain. The experience of completion at this age is foundational.
How to present ideas clearly and confidently. Both tracks culminate in a live Demo Day. Children practise structuring their thinking, communicating what they built, and standing behind their work in front of an audience.
Digital safety habits that protect them online. Privacy rules, safe prompting practices, and an understanding of what to share and what to withhold are woven through every week.
🎨 AI Explorers · Ages 8–11 · Guided AI creation, simple websites, beginner-friendly tools, and project presentation
Week 1 · Days 1–5
Create With AI. Then Build a Simple Web Page.
Day 1
AI Visual Creation Lab: Create, Question, Improve.
Students learn how to turn ideas into AI-generated visuals such as characters, posters, product ideas, story scenes, and creative assets. They practise describing what they want clearly, improving weak results, and checking AI outputs instead of accepting everything immediately.
Day 2
AI Voice and Video Lab: Bring Ideas to Life.
Students create short scripts, voiceovers, avatars, and simple AI-assisted video content. They learn how words, images, voice, and video can work together to explain or present an idea in a fun and responsible way.
Day 3
Web Design with AI: Build a Simple One-Page Website.
Students use AI to plan and build a simple one-page website around a guided idea, such as a mini business, story project, club, character, product, or personal interest. They learn the basic parts of a web page: title, sections, images, description, and call-to-action.
Day 4
Improve the Website: Make It Clearer and Better.
Students refine their one-page website so it is easier to understand, better organized, and stronger visually. They improve the words, images, layout, and message while learning why good digital projects should be clear, honest, and safe to share.
Day 5
Introduction to Simple Web-Based Tools and Games.
Students explore how AI can help them create simple interactive projects such as quizzes, guessing games, planners, idea generators, simple calculators, or choose-your-own-path activities. The focus is on seeing that AI can help them build things people can use.
Week 2 · Days 6–10
Build, Improve, and Present a Real Project.
Day 6
Build a Simple Web-Based Tool or Game.
Students begin building a beginner-friendly interactive project with AI support. This could be a quiz, simple game, planner, story path, idea generator, or class challenge. The focus is learning how to turn an idea into something that works.
Day 7
Test, Fix, and Improve Like a Young Builder.
Students test their website, tool, or game and learn how to notice what is confusing, unclear, broken, unfair, or weak. They use feedback to improve their project before sharing it with others.
Day 8
Capstone Project Build Day.
Students choose their final project direction and begin building their capstone. Options include a one-page website, simple web-based tool, mini game, story showcase, character project, learning quiz, or a project combining visuals, voice, video, and web design.
Day 9
Capstone Refinement and Responsible AI Check.
Students polish their capstone project, improve the design and content, fix weak areas, and complete a simple responsible AI check. They prepare to explain what they built, how AI helped, what they changed, and which ideas came from them.
Day 10
Demo Day Rehearsal and Final Presentation.
Students complete their final walkthrough and present their project with confidence. They explain their idea, what they created, the AI tools they used, what they improved, and what they learned about using AI responsibly.
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Demo Day — End of Week 2
Every AI Explorer presents a completed beginner-friendly AI project to a live audience.
A simple one-page website
A mini business or product page
A character or story showcase
A simple quiz, planner, or idea generator
A beginner-friendly web-based game
A creative project combining visuals, voice, video, and web design
They walk the audience through what they created, how they used AI, what they improved, and what parts came from their own thinking. They leave with a completed project, a certificate, and a beginner-friendly creator portfolio they can proudly show.
🚀 AI Innovators · Ages 12–16 · Real-world AI creation, web design, and project building
Week 1 · Days 1–5
Explore AI Creation. Then Build for the Web.
Day 1
AI Visual Creation Lab: Create, Question, Improve.
Students learn how to turn ideas into AI-generated visuals such as characters, posters, product concepts, and creative assets, while developing the habit of questioning and improving AI outputs.
Day 2
AI Voice and Video Lab: Create Without Misleading.
Students create short scripts, voiceovers, avatars, and simple AI-assisted videos while learning why responsible creators must avoid impersonation, deepfakes, and misleading content.
Day 3
Web Design with AI: Build a One-Page Website.
Students use AI to plan and build a simple one-page website for a business, product, service, or personal idea, including the structure, message, visuals, and call-to-action.
Day 4
Improve the Website: Copy, Design, Trust, and User Experience.
Students refine their website so it is clearer, more trustworthy, easier to understand, and stronger visually.
Day 5
Introduction to Web-Based Tools and Simple Games.
Students explore how AI can help them build simple interactive projects such as quizzes, planners, calculators, trackers, idea generators, or onscreen games.
Week 2 · Days 6–10
Build, Refine, and Present a Real Project.
Day 6
Build a Simple Web-Based Tool or Game.
Students begin building a simple interactive project with AI support, focusing on turning an idea into something usable rather than learning complex coding.
Day 7
Test, Critique, and Improve Like a Responsible Builder.
Students test their project, spot what is unclear, broken, biased, misleading, or weak, and improve it before sharing.
Day 8
Capstone Project Build Day.
Students choose their final project direction and begin building a capstone project that brings together AI creation, web design, and responsible use.
Day 9
Capstone Refinement and Responsible AI Check.
Students polish their capstone, improve the design and content, complete a responsible AI checklist, and prepare to explain their project clearly.
Day 10
Demo Day Rehearsal and Final Presentation.
Students complete their final walkthrough and present what they built, how they built it, what they improved, and what they learned about using AI responsibly.
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Demo Day — End of Week 2
Every AI Innovator presents a completed capstone project to a live audience.
A one-page website for a business, product, service, or personal brand
A simple web-based tool such as a planner, quiz, calculator, or tracker
A simple onscreen game
A campaign page or awareness project
A portfolio-style project combining visuals, copy, voice, video, and web design
They walk the audience through the problem they chose, what they built, how they used AI, what they improved, and the responsible choices they made along the way. They leave with a completed project, a certificate, and a portfolio-style record of their work.

WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING

Real families. Real results

From parents whose children have experienced the Transcend AI Academy approach firsthand.

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Program details

Live. Structured. Built around small cohorts.

2-week batches · Monday–Friday · 2 hours daily · Live on Google Meet · Recordings included for catch-up

SCHEDULE

Monday – Friday

Morning: 10am-12pm (EDT) | Age 8-11

Afternoon: 2pm-4pm (EDT) | Age 12-16

DURATION

10 sessions · 2 hours each

20 live instructional hours total

CLASS SIZE

Maximum 8 students

Small enough that every child gets called on, challenged, and celebrated.

PLATFORM

Google Meet

Session recordings included — no session missed permanently.

INCLUDED

Demo Day presentation + Certificate + Creator portfolio

CLASS SCHEDULE

Morning · 10am – 12pm (EDT)

Ages 8-11

AI Explorers

Afternoon · 2pm – 4pm (EDT)

Ages 12-16

AI Innovators

Two age tracks

Ages 8-11

Guided creativity, foundational prompting, storytelling + visual projects.

Ages 12-16

Deeper prompting techniques, critical analysis, product concepts + advanced portfolios.

Tools used (all free tier)

Laptop required. No tablets. No paid subscriptions needed.

SUMMER 2026

Choose the two weeks that fit your family.

All three batches cover the same curriculum. Pick the one that works for your schedule.

Batch 1

July 6 – 17

Mon–Fri 

Morning · 10am–12pm (EDT) Ages 8–11
5 spots left · closes when full
Afternoon · 2pm–4pm (EDT) Ages 12–16
6 spots left · closes when full

Batch 2

July 20 – 31

Mon–Fri 

Morning · 10am–12pm (EDT) Ages 8–11
6 spots left · closes when full
Afternoon · 2pm–4pm (EDT) Ages 12–16
6 spots left · closes when full

Batch 3

Aug 3 – 14

Mon–Fri 

Morning · 10am–12pm (EDT) Ages 8–11
8 spots left · closes when full
Afternoon · 2pm–4pm (EDT) Ages 12–16
8 spots left · closes when full
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Miss a session?

Every session is recorded. Your child catches up on their own schedule without falling behind.

9,000+
Kids taught via 9jacodekids
10+
Years in kids tech education

meet your instructor

Ugo Nkwocha

Founder · Engineer · Educator · Father of three

I'm the founder — and the person who will be in the room with your child. I'm an engineer, educator, and father of three who spent over a decade running 9jacodekids Academy in Nigeria, teaching more than 9,000 children aged 6–16 to code, build with robotics, and work with AI tools.

That experience taught me what actually works when teaching kids to think critically about technology. Transcend AI Academy carries that mission forward — rebuilt for the AI age and brought to Canada.

"I built this because I wanted something that didn't exist yet — a programme I'd enrol my own children in without hesitation."

ENROLLMENT

Claim Your Child's Seat

Each package covers one full 2-week session — 20 live instructional hours — per child enrolled.

$219 CAD per child

Lock in the lowest price before it closes. Early bird pricing applies per child individually and cannot be combined with sibling packages below.

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1 child

$249 CAD

2 children

$449 CAD
Save $49 vs individual

3 children

$635 CAD
Save $112 vs individual

4 children

$799 CAD
Save $197 vs individual
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How sibling pricing works

Each package covers one 2-week batch per child. Children are placed in their correct age group automatically — you choose batch dates at checkout.

Early bird vs sibling — which saves more?

For one child, early bird ($219) beats regular ($249). For two or more, compare both totals and pick whichever is lower for your family.

Seats fill fast and stay filled.

Each class holds a maximum of 8 students. When seats close, registration closes with them.

💬 Not sure yet? Book a free 10-minute call and I’ll answer any questions before you enrol.

REFUND POLICY

Fair to families. No surprises

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Full refund up to 7 days before your batch starts — no questions asked.

50%

Half refund up to 48 hours before the first session — still fair at the wire.

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Once camp begins, refunds are closed — because your seat was held for your child the entire time.

AFTER ENROLLMENT

Here's exactly what happens next.

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Confirmation email arrives with your receipt and batch details.

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We send the Google Meet link, schedule, and a brief parent orientation guide.

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Your child joins live sessions. Recordings land in their inbox after each one.

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Demo Day: your child presents their project. Certificate and portfolio delivered.

PARENT QUESTIONS

Answered clearly.

What will my child actually create?

By Demo Day, every student presents an original AI-powered project — a comic, a story, a product concept, or a short video. Something they built themselves, with AI as their tool, not their author. The portfolio documents the full creative journey from week one.

What time are the classes — and how does age grouping work?

Ages 8–11 join the morning session (10am–12pm) as AI Explorers. Ages 12–16 join the afternoon session (2pm–4pm) as AI Innovators. The schedule is set by age group — there's no choice to make on timing. When you enroll, your child is automatically placed in the right session for their age. Both groups run Monday to Friday for two weeks.

Will this make my child rely on AI for everything?

The entire program is built around the opposite. Every session opens with a "Think First" workflow — students brainstorm and outline before AI enters the picture. Then they use AI to deepen, expand, and refine what's already theirs. By camp's end, the habit is set: ideas come from them first, always.

Is it safe? What about privacy and what they'll see?

We include a dedicated segment on digital wisdom throughout the camp — privacy basics, safe prompting habits, personal information boundaries, and how to recognise when a tool is being used against you rather than for you. All delivered in plain, age-appropriate language by a supervised instructor.

Do they need any paid subscriptions or apps?

None. Every tool we use has a free tier that covers everything in the curriculum. A laptop is required — tablets don't give the control needed for the creative work. 

What if my child misses a session?

Every session is recorded and sent to enrolled families. Missing a class doesn't mean falling behind — your child catches up on their own schedule before the next live session picks up.

How does the age grouping work?

Ages 8–11 join the morning session (10am–12pm) as AI Explorers. Ages 12–16 join the afternoon session (2pm–4pm) as AI Innovators. The schedule is set by age group — there's no choice to make on timing. When you enroll, your child is automatically placed in the right session for their age. Both groups run Monday to Friday for two weeks, covering the same core principles with curriculum matched to each developmental stage.

My child has never used AI before. Is that okay?

This camp is beginner-friendly by design. No prior AI experience is assumed or required. We start from scratch and build — which is actually the ideal starting point, because there are no habits to unlearn.

Ten days this summer could change how your child thinks for the next decade

They’ll leave with a portfolio, a certificate, and a way of thinking about AI that puts them in control of the tool — not the other way around.

Seats capped at 8 per class · Three batches available · Early bird $130/child until March 31

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