New cohort opening · Hyderabad · Ages 9–14

AI classes for kids in Hyderabad.

An 8-week, hands-on program where children aged 9–14 build their first chatbot, AI-illustrated story, and smart quiz app. Your child won't just learn AI — they'll learn how to think with it.

ages 9 – 14 years
duration 8 weeks · 1 batch/week
batch size Maximum 8 kids
prerequisite No coding required
explain photosynthesis like I'm 10! AI = ?
def chatbot():
prompt → response
{ "thinking": true }
Quick Answer

What is the Brolly Juniors AI program?

Brolly Juniors offers an 8-week AI literacy program for children aged 9 to 14 in Hyderabad. Each batch is capped at 8 children. Over 8 weeks, every child completes three real projects — a working chatbot, an AI-illustrated short story, and a smart quiz app — while learning to write strong prompts, recognise AI's mistakes, and use AI as a thinking partner rather than a homework shortcut. No prior coding experience required. Includes one free trial class.

~ the basics ~

What does it mean to teach a child AI?

Most parents who land on this page have one of two assumptions. Either: "my child is too young for this — surely AI is a college topic." Or: "my child already uses ChatGPT, isn't that enough?"

Both miss what's actually changing. The skill of the next decade isn't using AI. It's using AI well — and that turns out to be a learnable, teachable, and surprisingly age-appropriate set of habits.

Teaching a child AI literacy means three things, in order:

  1. Understanding what AI is. A child should know, in plain language, that an AI chatbot is a pattern-matching system trained on lots of text — not a person, not a search engine, not always right. This single shift ends most overconfident misuse.
  2. Talking to AI well. Knowing how to ask matters more than knowing what to ask. A child who can write a clear prompt, give context, and iterate on a weak answer gets dramatically better results than one who types do my homework and copies whatever appears.
  3. Building something with AI. Reading about AI is forgettable. Building a chatbot that actually works — and watching it fail — is unforgettable. Every Brolly Juniors student walks out with three working projects of their own.
Your child will encounter AI dozens of times a day for the rest of their life. The choice isn't whether they learn it — it's whether they learn it from a class with structure, or from YouTube and trial-and-error.
~ the question every parent asks ~

Is AI safe for my child?

Honest answer: AI is safe for kids when three conditions are met — supervised access, age-appropriate platforms, and explicit teaching about what AI can get wrong. When any of those is missing, it gets risky fast.

Here's how we structure each one.

1. Supervised access — every session is in a classroom

Our AI program runs onsite, not online. Every prompt your child writes, every output they see, happens in front of a teacher who can correct, redirect, and explain. There is no "AI homework" sent home unsupervised. Practice happens in class, with structure.

2. Age-appropriate platforms with parental controls

We use AI tools that have explicit child-safety modes — content filters, output restrictions, and no exposure to user-generated AI content (which is where the genuine risks live). Specific platforms used in class are shared with parents at enrolment so you know exactly what your child is interacting with.

3. Explicit teaching about AI's failure modes

This is the part most "AI for kids" courses skip. We teach children, directly, that:

  • AI confidently makes things up — this has a name, "hallucination" — and shows them real examples in class
  • AI reflects the biases of what it was trained on, not the truth
  • Some things AI is great at (brainstorming, drafting, explaining) and some it is bad at (current events, maths, anything requiring real-world judgement)
  • Using AI to do your homework is not learning — it's outsourcing, and the cost shows up later

Children leave our program more sceptical of AI, not less. That is the goal.

📌 Key takeaway

The risk isn't that children learn AI too young. The risk is that they pick it up unsupervised, accept whatever it says, and never learn to question it. A structured program is a safety measure, not just an education one.

~ what they actually build ~

Three real AI projects, built by your child.

We're allergic to courses that promise children will "learn AI" and then teach them to type generic prompts into ChatGPT. Real learning happens through making real things. Every child in the 8-week program ships three working projects.

Project 1

A working chatbot on a topic they love

Pokémon. Cricket. Their grandmother's recipes. Whatever your child is genuinely interested in — they'll build a chatbot that answers questions about it, with a personality they design.

weeks 1-3 · prompt design · personality crafting
Project 2

An AI-illustrated short story

Children write a 6-page story, then use AI image generation to illustrate every page in a consistent visual style. They learn that great AI output starts with great direction — and that the writer is still the storyteller.

weeks 4-6 · creative writing · AI image direction
Project 3

A smart quiz app

Children build a quiz application that uses AI to generate questions on any subject — history, science, sport, literature. By the end, they understand how AI-powered apps actually work under the hood.

weeks 7-8 · app logic · AI integration

Every project goes home in a portable form your child can show their friends, grandparents, or future schools. That moment — when a 10-year-old shows their parent a chatbot they made, and it actually works — is the real lesson. Capability becomes confidence.

~ the 8-week journey ~

Week-by-week curriculum.

Each week is a 90-minute session — 30 minutes of teaching, 60 minutes of building. Children work individually on their own projects with continuous teacher support. Here is the full structure.

Week 1

What is AI, really?

What's actually happening when a chatbot responds. Live demos of AI getting it right, getting it wrong, and making things up. Children pick a chatbot topic.

Week 2

The art of asking — prompt engineering

Why "tell me about dogs" and "explain to a 10-year-old how dogs evolved from wolves, with three surprising facts" produce wildly different answers. The four-part prompt formula.

Week 3

Build your chatbot

Children build, test, and refine their first working chatbot. They learn to give it a personality, set its boundaries, and handle tricky questions.

Week 4

AI for storytelling

Writing a story arc that AI can illustrate. Why the writer still does most of the work. Children plan a 6-page story.

Week 5

Directing AI images

The vocabulary of visual prompts — style, mood, composition. Why "a cat" and "a watercolour painting of a sleepy cat in soft afternoon light" produce different worlds. Children illustrate their stories.

Week 6

Putting it together

Children finalise their illustrated stories. Class storytelling session — every child reads theirs aloud. The first "wow" moment for parents picking up.

Week 7

How AI apps work

Inputs, processing, outputs — the architecture of every AI app. Children begin building their smart quiz app, picking a topic they want to test.

Week 8

Showcase day

Final quiz apps shipped. Each child presents all three projects to the class. Parents are invited for the last 30 minutes — they get to watch their child confidently demonstrate work that genuinely impresses.

~ what's the actual difference ~

My child already uses ChatGPT at home. Why do they need a class?

The honest version: there's a big difference between using AI and using AI well. The same way there's a difference between owning a guitar and being able to play one. Most children using AI at home are doing the equivalent of strumming the open strings.

at home, alone

Asks vague prompts ("write me a paragraph about birds"), accepts whatever appears.

No way to tell when AI is wrong, biased, or making things up.

Uses AI to skip thinking — copies homework, gets bored, learns nothing.

Develops a habit of outsourcing rather than collaborating.

Misses the part that's actually employable in 10 years.

in our program

Learns to write structured prompts that get specific, useful, accurate answers.

Practises spotting AI mistakes and biases — sees them in real, live examples.

Uses AI as a thinking partner — to brainstorm, refine, challenge their own ideas.

Builds three working projects that demonstrate real understanding.

Develops the skill set that will matter most — judgement, direction, iteration.

Put another way: kids using AI unsupervised tend to learn one skill — typing requests faster. Kids in our program learn the skill that scales — knowing what to ask for, recognising when the answer is wrong, and building things that wouldn't exist without their direction.

~ hyderabad in particular ~

Why AI literacy matters even more in Hyderabad.

Your child is growing up in India's biggest concentration of technology talent. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Salesforce, Apple — they all run major operations within a 15-kilometre radius of HITEC City. The parents of your child's classmates work on the very systems that AI will reshape first.

That's a privilege and a pressure. Hyderabad children will grow up around adults who understand exactly how AI is changing careers — and they'll be expected to keep up. The good news: you have a head start. Your child can start learning AI at 9 or 10 in a structured environment, the same way Bangalore kids in 2005 had a head start on coding.

We see two specific groups of Hyderabad parents at Brolly Juniors:

  • Tech-industry parents who already use AI at work and want their children to grow up fluent — but recognise that throwing them at ChatGPT alone isn't a learning plan.
  • Non-tech parents who feel a bit out of their depth and want to make sure their child isn't left behind, without having to figure it out themselves.

Both make the same right choice: a structured program, taught by someone who's done this before, with other children at the same starting line.

~ the bigger question ~

Will AI replace coding, maths, and other school skills?

Short answer: no — but it will replace people who can only do those things and nothing else.

AI doesn't make coding obsolete; it makes mediocre coding obsolete. The same is true for writing, design, analysis, and most knowledge work. The advantage shifts to people who can direct AI well — which requires deep understanding of the underlying skill.

This is why we don't pitch AI as a replacement for our other programs. Children who do well in our AI program tend to be the ones who also have strong fundamentals. Specifically:

The fundamental Why it matters more in the AI era
Coding You can't direct AI to build software well if you don't understand what software is. Coding stays valuable; the syntax matters less.
Maths thinking AI is bad at maths. A child who can do mental maths catches AI's mistakes. A child who can't is at AI's mercy.
Working memory (abacus) Holding multiple concepts in mind while iterating with AI is the meta-skill. Abacus literally trains this.
Communication Prompting is communication. Children who can articulate clearly, write better prompts.
Creative thinking AI is unparalleled at executing instructions. It's terrible at original ideas. Art trains the original-idea muscle.

This is why Brolly Juniors offers six programs under one roof. The future-ready child isn't the one who specialises early — it's the one with a wide foundation, sharpened by AI fluency.

~ what changes ~

What you'll see in your child after 8 weeks.

Parents tell us the same things, almost every cohort. These are the specific shifts you can expect.

3

Real working projects your child can demonstrate to anyone

8 wks

To go from "using ChatGPT" to "directing AI with intention"

0

Coding prerequisites — every child starts equal

8/8

Maximum batch size, so every project gets attention

Beyond the projects: children become more confident questioners. They start asking "how do you know that?" about claims they read online. They begin to recognise AI-generated content in the wild. They develop a habit of fact-checking before they trust. Those are the lasting outcomes — and the ones we're most proud of.

~ who teaches ~

Meet the lead teacher.

Our AI program is taught by an instructor with both a software engineering background and demonstrated experience teaching children. AI literacy is a serious topic taught with seriousness — not as a gimmick, and not by someone who picked it up last month.

A

Arjun K.

Lead AI & Coding Instructor

Computer Science background with 6 years of professional software development experience, including AI/ML work at a Hyderabad-based product company. Now teaches AI to children full-time. Speaks English, Telugu, and Hindi in the classroom.

Arjun designed the Brolly Juniors AI curriculum from scratch in 2025, drawing on his industry experience and what he wished he'd been taught at age 12. The structure has been tested, revised, and refined across multiple cohorts.

~ where we are ~

AI training for kids near you in Hyderabad.

Our flagship centre is in Hyderabad. We welcome families from across the city and Secunderabad — many of our AI students travel in from these areas:

Madhapur
Gachibowli
Kondapur
Hi-Tech City
Jubilee Hills
Banjara Hills
Kukatpally
Begumpet
Secunderabad
Manikonda
Miyapur
Ameerpet

The AI program runs onsite only — we deliberately don't offer it online. Hands-on building with constant teacher feedback works dramatically better in person, especially for AI where it's so easy to accept a wrong answer if no one's watching. WhatsApp us for the exact address and directions.

~ parent questions ~

Things Hyderabad parents ask us about AI.

Is AI safe for kids to use?
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AI tools are safe for children when used with adult-supervised, age-appropriate platforms and clear ground rules. Our program runs entirely in a supervised classroom on platforms with parental controls, and explicitly teaches children to recognise AI mistakes, biases, and the difference between AI assistance and AI dependence.
What age should kids start learning AI?
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We recommend starting at age 9 or older. By 9, children have the reading fluency to write effective prompts, the abstract reasoning to understand what AI actually is, and the digital literacy to navigate basic interfaces safely. Children below 9 are usually better served by foundational programs like coding (Scratch) or art.
Does my child need to know coding before joining?
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No prior coding experience is required. The 8-week course is designed to be the entry point for a child who has never coded before. Children who later want to go deeper can move into our Coding Club program.
Will my child build something I can actually see?
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Yes — three things, in fact. A working chatbot on a topic they care about, an AI-illustrated short story, and a smart quiz app. All three go home with them in shareable form. The week 8 showcase invites parents in to watch their child present each project.
How is this different from kids using ChatGPT at home?
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A child using AI unsupervised typically asks weak questions, accepts wrong answers, and learns to outsource thinking. Our program teaches children to write strong prompts, evaluate outputs critically, recognise AI's failure modes, and use AI as a thinking partner. The difference is the same as between owning a piano and being able to play one.
Will AI replace coding or other skills my child is learning?
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No. AI replaces people who can only do those things at a basic level — not the underlying skills themselves. Children who do well with AI tend to have strong fundamentals: maths thinking, communication, creativity, working memory. AI literacy complements rather than substitutes other learning.
Is the AI program online or in-person?
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The AI program runs onsite at our Hyderabad centre. Hands-on building works best in person — especially for AI, where children benefit from a teacher noticing when they accept a wrong answer or write a vague prompt. We don't currently offer this program online.
How big are the AI batches?
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Maximum 8 children per batch. AI work needs even more individual attention than abacus or coding, because every child's project is unique. We won't compromise that.
What AI tools and platforms do you use in class?
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We use age-appropriate platforms with parental control modes — these include Google's AI tools for education, child-safe versions of major chatbots, and structured AI image generators with content filters. The exact platforms are shared with parents at enrolment so you know what your child is interacting with.
What are the fees?
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Fees are shared over WhatsApp once we understand your child's age and prior experience. The AI program is a fixed 8-week cohort, so the structure is straightforward. WhatsApp us for current cohort dates and pricing.
Can my child join the next AI cohort and continue with coding afterwards?
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Yes — this is one of the most common paths. Children who finish our 8-week AI program with strong engagement often move into Coding Club afterwards, then circle back to a more advanced AI project track. Multi-program families also receive a small loyalty discount.
Do you offer a free trial class?
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Yes. Every new family gets one free trial session so the child can see the format and you can meet the teacher. No payment required upfront, no pressure to enrol.

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