Passion
↳ becomes creativity
If a kid has it, AI takes them deeper into the thing they already love. Without it, AI hands them the average version of every essay ever written.
Kindling is a project-based AI curriculum that grows three things AI can't replace — passion, empathy, taste. Same essay, same idea, three depths. Pick the edition that fits the kid in front of you.
Each edition tells the same story at a different speed. Younger kids click and play; older kids ship real things; teenagers build production-grade systems. You can read the essay in any of them — the words barely change.
The most playful version. Bite-size modules a kid can run through on a rainy afternoon, with grown-ups looking over their shoulder.
Project-based and substantial. Eight things a kid actually ships — a Skill, a real web page, an agent design, a rubric that keeps them honest.
For teenagers who want hard. Twelve deep projects with real engineering — Cloudflare Workers, vitest, CI, the works. Editorial restraint.
Every edition is built around the same three traits. They're the parts AI can't give your kid — and the parts that decide what AI becomes in their hands.
If a kid has it, AI takes them deeper into the thing they already love. Without it, AI hands them the average version of every essay ever written.
If a kid has it, AI helps them build for one specific person. Without it, AI helps them broadcast slop to no one in particular.
If a kid has it, AI's first draft is the start. Without it, AI's first draft is the end — and it's almost never any good.
A side-by-side view, so a grown-up can pick in 30 seconds.
This whole site grew out of one essay. It's a ten-minute read. If it doesn't change your mind about something, we'd rather you close the tab than sign anyone up.
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