1st–8th Grade · After-School · Summer

AI Coding

Kids create with AI — storybooks, games, apps, and 3D models. Not just learning about AI.

What's Offered

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Every AI class ends with a tangible deliverable parents can see and students can keep.

AI Storybook Studio

1st–5th

Students explore storytelling through reading, interpretation, and digital creation — then build illustrated storybooks using AI tools.

Take home: Completed digital storybook

AI Game Systems Studio

1st–6th

Design and build interactive video games. Students learn coding logic and cause-and-effect by creating games others can play.

Take home: Playable, shareable game

AI App Engineering & Product Design

2nd–8th

Build simple working apps while learning how real digital products are planned, designed, and improved.

Take home: Working app + digital portfolio

AI-Driven 3D Modeling & Rapid Prototyping

2nd–8th

Design objects using AI-assisted 3D modeling tools and produce physical prints. Ideas become real objects.

Take home: Custom 3D-printed objects

AI Coding with Minecraft Education

1st–6th

Using Minecraft Education, students use block-based coding and intro Python/JavaScript to create rules, triggers, and automated systems.

Take home: Coded Minecraft worlds

Skills Developed

Creative decision-makingAI-assisted designCoding logicProduct thinkingUX fundamentalsDigital fabricationStorytelling

Summer 2026 · MBJCC

AI is the headline this summer.

5 of 9 summer weeks are AI-focused — Storybook Studio, Game Systems, App Engineering, 3D Modeling, and Minecraft AI Coding. The most AI-forward summer HackShack has ever run.

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