Week 01 · Monday: Meet Nova (AI Explorers K-2)

Monday: Hello, Nova!

Rocket builds a box with blinking lights.

Zip! A little drone hovers in.

"I am Nova," she beeps.

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

Meet our story friend

Nova is a friend in our stories.

She is an AI companion drone.

She gives hints. She does not give answers.

You will find the answers yourself!

For a grown-up

This course is unplugged. Kids use paper and toys.
It never connects your child to real AI.
No chat tools, voice helpers or apps.
Nova is a story character only.

WHO IS NOVA?

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

What is Nova?

What does Nova give us?

What is AI?

AI is a kind of computer tool.

People build AI. It does not grow.

AI makes guesses, suggestions or choices.

AI does not think like a person.

AI does not feel happy or sad.

Sentence	True or false?
People build AI.	?
AI grows on a tree.	?
AI feels happy and sad like you.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEAI is built by people. It has no feelings.

Try it

Point to something a person built.
Now point to something that grew.
Tell a grown-up what you picked.

BUILT OR GREW?

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

A chair. Did it grow or was it built?

A flower. Did it grow or was it built?

A computer. Did it grow or was it built?

AI. Did it grow or was it built?

Sentence	True or false?
Nova gives hints, not answers.	?
AI is a computer tool.	?
AI thinks just like a person.	?
People build computers.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEAI is a tool. It is not a person.

Draw Nova. Give her blinking lights!

Word Spot: go, look

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Go: G-O.

Look: L-O-O-K.

FIND THE WORD

Listen to the word.
Tap it.

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

Listen to the sentence.
Tap the missing word.

We ___ up the trail.

___ at the big tree!

Great job meeting Nova!

Tomorrow we learn about guesses.