Curiosity that grows
Bolt turns AI into play, so children ask more questions, test ideas and want to know how the world works.
✨ An innovative AI learning programme for children aged 3-12
Why it matters for your child's future
AI will be part of your child's learning, hobbies and future work. Children who learn to use it well now grow up confident while others are still catching up. Mind Forge Kids turns these skills into something children genuinely enjoy.
Give your child a good start with the technology that will shape their future.
Ready for tomorrow
Clear questions, checking information and creating with AI are skills that will help at school and in the jobs of the future.
Thinking, not copying
Children learn to use AI to think more, not less, so their homework and ideas stay their own.
Safe from day one
They know what never to share online. The AI account always belongs to the parent, who does the typing while the child does the thinking.
Real confidence
Catching a robot out makes a child feel clever, and that confidence carries over into other subjects.
Time together
You do every activity together, so you learn alongside your child and become part of their digital world.
Tell me what to do. I'll do it word for word!
Meet Mind Forge Kids and Bolt
Mind Forge Kids is an AI learning programme for children aged 3-12, designed with parents in mind. We teach what AI is, how to use it wisely and safely, and how to keep thinking for yourself while you do.
Who is Bolt?
Bolt is a friendly robot who works in our forge. He's very clever and very, very literal: he does exactly what he's told. Just like real AI.
What does he do?
He guides your child through every part of the workbook. He sets the mission, hands out tasks and sometimes gets things wrong on purpose, waiting for your child to catch him out.
How does he teach?
Through play and laughter, not lectures. Children don't memorise definitions. They discover for themselves that a vague instruction gives a strange result and that sounding confident isn't the same as being right.
What's in it for you?
A shared language with your child. When they say “Bolt wouldn't understand that”, you both know it's about clear instructions. “Bolt made it up” means: let's check together.
AI isn't scary. Not knowing is.
Choose your child's age
Four levels that follow the journey AI itself takes: from pixels, or data, through patterns and algorithms, to training a model. As your child levels up, they move through each stage of how AI works.
Three pillars in every part
Understand
How AI works and where its answers come from.
Use
How to give good instructions and use AI as a helper.
Think
How to check, stay safe and make your own decisions.
Pixels · 3-5
One day your child will ask a machine a question. Let the first answer come from you.
Pixels is 10 short games for children aged 3-5. Almost no screens, no stress, plenty of laughter. Your child discovers what a machine is, that it follows instructions and that it sometimes gets things wrong. You're the guide, and we show you how to run every game.
What your child will learn
- Tells people and machines apart
- Gives simple, clear instructions
- Knows machines make mistakes too
- Knows big decisions are made with a grown-up
Family package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF games
- Badge stickers and a certificate
- A parent box in every part
Buy once and all the siblings can use it. Print as many copies as you need.
£19.99Buy the package
The three pillars at this level
Understand
How machines differ from people and why they do exactly what we tell them.
Use
Simple commands for a toy robot and a first chat with a voice assistant, alongside a parent.
Think
Machines make mistakes too, and big decisions are made with a grown-up.
10 parts in this level
- 1Hello, Robot!
- 2Person or Machine?
- 3The Robot Follows Orders
- 4Colours and Shapes
- 5Who Is It?
- 6Oops! The Robot Got It Wrong
- 7The Magic Question
- 8The Kitchen Robot
- 9Robot Dance
- 10My Robot Friend
Take a peek inside
The Robot Follows Orders
You become the robot. Your child gives you commands: "two steps", "turn round", "pick up teddy". You do exactly what you hear, even when it turns out funny. That's how your child first discovers that a machine doesn't guess what we want.
5-10 minper game
10games with badges
Youlead, we guide
The question we hear most: Isn't it too early for AI?
We're not teaching children to operate technology, we're teaching curiosity and common sense. It's movement games, colouring and conversation. A child who knows a machine can be wrong is better prepared for the world they're growing up in.
Pattern Spotters · 6-7
Before your child types their first prompt, they'll learn to say one.
Pattern Spotters is 10 parts for children aged 6-7, done together. Your child discovers patterns, builds first algorithms and tests how a machine learns from examples. All on paper, cards and games, with no independent use of devices.
What your child will learn
- Spots patterns and sequences
- Understands that machines learn from examples
- Gives precise instructions
- Knows what not to tell a machine
Family package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF parts
- Activity cards: sorting and the Sandwich Robot
- Badges and a certificate
Buy once and all the siblings can use it. Print as many copies as you need.
£19.99Buy the package
The three pillars at this level
Understand
How machines learn from examples and why the result depends on what we show them.
Use
Precise screen-free instructions, in other words first prompts through play.
Think
Not everything a computer says is true. We never tell a machine our name or address.
10 parts in this level
- 1Patterns Are Everywhere
- 2Step by Step
- 3The Sandwich Robot
- 4How a Machine Learns
- 5More Examples, Smarter Machine
- 6AI in My Home
- 7True or Not True?
- 8My Secrets Are Mine
- 9Guess My Drawing
- 10The Robot Tells a Story
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The Sandwich Robot
Your child "programmes" you, and you make a sandwich exactly as instructed. "Butter the bread"? The butter goes on the crust. After a few goes your child works out that a good instruction has to be clear and specific. That's exactly what working with AI demands.
10-15 minper part
Togetherchild and adult
10parts with badges
The question we hear most: Will my child be chatting to a chatbot?
Not on their own. At this stage we teach how AI thinks, not where to click. Any contact with a real tool happens alongside you, and most activities don't need a screen at all.
Algorithm Builders · 8-9
From user to maker. Your child will train their first AI.
Algorithm Builders is 10 parts for children aged 8-9 who are increasingly working on their own. They write algorithms, collect data, train a simple model and learn to check whether AI is telling the truth.
What your child will learn
- Writes simple algorithms and uses block coding
- Understands what data is and why it matters
- Trains a simple recognition model (with you)
- Checks facts in a second source
Family package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF parts
- Block coding and simple model-training activities
- Badges and a certificate
Buy once and all the siblings can use it. Print as many copies as you need.
£19.99Buy the package
The three pillars at this level
Understand
What data is, how a model is trained and how algorithms work.
Use
Asking AI questions together with an adult, comparing answers and training a simple model.
Think
We check a second source. AI helps us think, but it doesn't think for us.
10 parts in this level
- 1Algorithm: a Recipe for Computers
- 2Data: the Fuel of AI
- 3Training My First Model
- 4Why Does AI Get It Wrong?
- 5How Does AI Know What I Like?
- 6Good Question, Good Answer
- 7Fact Detective
- 8Talking to Machines
- 9Pictures Made by AI
- 10AI the Helper, Not the Boss
Take a peek inside
Why Does AI Get It Wrong?
Your child trains a model to recognise objects, then deliberately spoils its data. Suddenly an apple becomes a ball. That's the lightbulb moment: AI is only as good as the examples it learnt from. It's a lesson that sticks.
15-25 minper part
10parts with badges
1package for the whole family
The question we hear most: Do I need to be good with technology?
No. Every part has a parent box with a short explanation and tips on how to help. For activities with real tools we guide you step by step, and your child never creates their own accounts.
AI Trainers · 10-12
Your child will use AI anyway. The question is whether they'll use it well.
AI Trainers is 10 parts for children aged 10-12, finishing with their own project. Your child learns how a chatbot really works, how to catch made-up answers, spot deepfakes and write good prompts. Above all, they learn that AI should help us think, not think for us.
What your child will learn
- Understands how a chatbot works and where answers come from
- Spots AI hallucinations and bias
- Writes good prompts and uses AI to learn
- Verifies content and protects their privacy
Family package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF parts
- Final project: your own AI idea
- AI Trainer certificate
Buy once and all the siblings can use it. Print as many copies as you need.
£19.99Buy the package
The three pillars at this level
Understand
How language models work and where bias and hallucinations come from.
Use
Writing and refining good prompts. Using AI to learn, not to do homework for you.
Think
Deepfakes, privacy, honesty at school and the ethics of using AI.
10 parts in this level
- 1How Does a Chatbot Really Work?
- 2Training Data and Its Fingerprints
- 3Bias: When AI Is Unfair
- 4Hallucinations: Confident but Wrong
- 5The Art of the Prompt
- 6AI for Learning, Not Instead of It
- 7Deepfakes and Truth Online
- 8Privacy and My Digital Footprint
- 9AI and the Jobs of the Future
- 10My AI Project
Take a peek inside
Hallucination Hunters
Children receive AI answers that sound very clever. Some contain made-up facts. The task: find them and prove it. After this lesson your child no longer takes a confident tone as proof of truth.
25-40 minper part
10parts and own project
1package for the whole family
The question we hear most: Won't this encourage cheating?
Quite the opposite. One part teaches directly how to use AI to learn ("explain this to me", "quiz me") rather than to do homework. A child who understands AI also knows when using it is dishonest.
Not sure which level?
Age is a good guide, not a rule. Answer three questions.
How old is your child?
Does your child read short texts on their own?
Can they focus on a task for 15-20 minutes?
Shop
Start with the package that suits your child's age. One package covers the whole family: buy once and print as many copies as you need. Mind Forge Kids Club members get 20% off every package.
3-5
Pixels
Meeting machines through playFamily package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF games
- Badge stickers and a certificate
- A parent box in every part
£19.99Buy the package
6-7
Pattern Spotters
Discovering how machines learnFamily package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF parts
- Activity cards: sorting and the Sandwich Robot
- Badges and a certificate
£19.99Buy the package
8-9
Algorithm Builders
Building and training my first AIFamily package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF parts
- Block coding and simple model-training activities
- Badges and a certificate
£19.99Buy the package
10-12
AI Trainers
I understand, use wisely, think for myselfFamily package1 package = the whole family
- Workbook: 10 printable PDF parts
- Final project: your own AI idea
- AI Trainer certificate
£19.99Buy the package
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Birthdays with Bolt
Interactive birthday parties with a bit of learning. We turn up, run the fun, and the children leave smarter than the robot. The cake is all yours: Bolt doesn't eat, though he'd very much like to.
🎉 2.5 hours of fun🎂 Ages 8+👫 Up to 10 children🏠 Indoors only📍 Anywhere in the UK
Membership
Mind Forge Kids Club
A club for families who want to be smarter than the robot every week.
Artificial intelligence is already in phones, at school and in homework. Your child will use it anyway. The question is: will they understand it, or just trust it blindly? In the club you learn this together, at the kitchen table, in 15 minutes a week.
What you get as a member:
- A new challenge every Saturday morning. 15 minutes for the whole family, with no preparation and no special equipment. All you need is your phone and a little curiosity.
- 20% off every package. As a member you pay £15.99 instead of £19.99 for each age-matched package.
- 10% off Birthdays with Bolt. Members pay less for an interactive party with a trained host.
- Activities matched to age. Separate versions for younger and older children, so nobody gets bored and nobody gets left behind.
- A cheat sheet for parents. We briefly explain what the activity is about and how to talk about it with your child, even if you don't feel like an AI expert yourself.
- An archive of every challenge. Joining later? Catch up on earlier weeks at your own pace.
- Family badges and progress. Children can see how much they can already do, and they want to come back next Saturday.
- The big challenge of the month. Once a month, a longer, special mission to solve together.
- Questions from children. Once a month we answer the most interesting questions sent in by our young members.
£8.99 / month
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🎁 Free starter kit included: T-shirt, water bottle, stickers, drawstring day-trip bag, pen and notepad. One T-shirt is included, and each extra T-shirt is £5.
🔒 The challenges are available to club members only.
Why it works: short, regular and together. A quarter of an hour a week is less than one episode of a cartoon, and after a few months your child asks questions most adults never would.
No risk: cancel at any time, in one click, with no explanations needed.
Join the club
Your first challenge is waiting for you this Saturday.
Weekly challenges
A new challenge for the whole family every week. Each takes about 15 minutes. Do them together on the sofa, at the table or on the bus. The challenges are available to club members only, as soon as you join Mind Forge Kids Club.
Bolt's Sandwich Test
Ask for a sandwich in one word, then with three details. Which answer wins?
Fact Detective
Ask AI for three facts about your favourite animal, then check one in a book.
Secret Keeper
Sort the cards into “okay to say” and “that's a secret”.
Story Swap
You write the first sentence, AI writes the middle, and you write a surprise ending.
Join the club
A new challenge every Saturday morning. 15 minutes for the whole family.
Parents' questions
Can I cancel Mind Forge Kids Club?
Yes, at any time, in one click and with no explanations needed. You keep access to the challenges until the end of the period you've paid for.
Is a package for one child?
No. One package covers the whole family. Siblings share the same materials and you print as many copies as you need. If your children are different ages, each can have the package for their own level.
Does my child need their own AI account?
No. Most AI tools require users to be at least 13, and some are for adults only. In all our activities the parent holds the account and does the typing.
Which AI tool do I need?
Any AI chat will do, for example Claude or ChatGPT. Many activities need no AI at all.
How do downloads work?
After payment you get a download link straight away, and by email too. Print what you need and use it within your family as often as you like.
Do I need to be good with technology?
Not at all. If you can use a phone, you'll be fine.
How can I pay?
By card or other secure online payment methods.
Can schools use the materials?
Family purchases are for home use. If you're a school or nursery, visit our page for schools and get in touch.
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