Prologue | We're already using 'prompt'

Part 1 | AI Literacy and Prompts: How Can We Teach Them Without Learning Them?

An era that requires new literacy
Core literacy skills needed in the AI ​​era
Prompt Engineering: A Technique for Disciplining Disobedient AI

Part 2 | Why You Should Never Blindly Trust AI

Between Blind Faith and Distrust in AI
How to be wary of AI exposed to discrimination and bias
The Reality of AI Ethics Education
AI technology that can be criminal if misused

Part 3 | AI Play with Elementary School Children

My child has become a content creator.
Exploratory play using AI speakers
Play a conversation game with AI using your smartphone
AI role-playing where parents and children directly act out actions

Part 4 | How to Play with AI to Get Mom and Dad Even More Involved

AI drawing game that adds imagination and prompts
AI animation game that makes pictures come to life
AI Storybook Creation Game: Turning Children's Imaginations into Reality

Part 5 | How to Prepare for the Era of Digital Textbooks and AI

The emergence of AI digital textbooks
The Future Arrives in the Classroom: AI Education Connecting Home and Classroom
7 Practical Guides to AI Play That Grows with Your Child

Appendix | Recommended Prompts to Create with Your Child
Epilogue

Is our child talking to AI or following it?

We live in an era where AI becomes a child's friend, teacher, and sometimes even playmate.
From smartphones to AI speakers, to generative AI that can even draw pictures.
Children are already growing up in a digital environment, experiencing technology as if it were their own breath.
But no matter how convenient and clever the technology may seem, it can never replace a child's thinking.
That is, a child who does not ask deep questions simply accepts the AI's answers and stops thinking.
On the other hand, children who ask deep questions based on literacy can look at the world from their own perspective and take the initiative beyond AI's answers.
The power of the 'one-line prompt' mentioned in this book lies right there.

AI is so vast that it pushes the boundaries of knowledge, but at the same time, it mixes in falsehoods and errors.
In 2023, in New York, USA, a lawyer created a fake precedent using ChatGPT and submitted it to the court without verification.
The court has a case where the lawyer was fined $5,000.
It was a shameful result of trusting the wrong AI's answers without verifying them.
In Korea, too, there has been constant controversy over AI chatbots learning and repeating biased or hateful statements.
If children accept AI's hallucinations without literacy and critical thinking skills and are unable to judge them, they will mistake the answers for their own thoughts and face the disaster of becoming subordinate to AI's logic.

“Children who cannot read do not use AI, they are used by AI.”

Children need to be able to question not only how to utilize AI, but also how to 'converse' with it, 'verify' it, and 'coordinate' it.
The root of that questioning power comes from literacy.
Children with poor literacy skills are at a loss even when asking questions.
Because I don't even know what words to use, what prompts to enter, and in what context.
So, this book explains how to craft questions tailored to a child's level. Rather than simply asking AI to answer questions without thinking or reasoning, it guides children through a process of asking each sentence individually, checking the results, revising, and then expanding the question in new ways.

Part 1 of this book explains why parents should also learn AI literacy with their children and how to easily guide them through prompts.
Part 2 warns of the dangers of blind faith and uncritical acceptance of AI, using real-life examples, and lays the foundation for AI ethics education.
Part 3 explores playful AI class ideas that can help children grow into creators and questioners.
Parts 4 and 5 teach prompt-based play methods that can be put into practice right at home, such as creating AI storybooks, linking with digital textbooks, and utilizing drawing play and animation.
In particular, the final appendix, like a collection of prompts, encourages parents to experiment with AI one line at a time in their daily lives, rather than vaguely feeling uneasy or wary about it.

“A child who asks the right questions will never be defeated by AI.”

Prompts are not technical terms, but language that guides a child's thinking.
A child who knows how to ask questions won't blindly accept AI's answers. As AI becomes smarter, the ability for children to think and ask questions on their own will inevitably become more valuable.
The book emphasizes the message that “children who do not ask questions are dependent on AI, but children who ask questions use AI as a tool.”
If you are a parent with children, this is something you must keep in mind as a human being living in the digital age.


If you believe in the power of children's growth, which begins with literacy and culminates in questions, this book will help you take that first step. What children who will live alongside AI need most is not simply the ability to acquire knowledge, but a questioning attitude that allows them to question, re-examine, and develop their own thinking.
Parents who want to allow their children to use AI but raise them to be resilient to it will find practical solutions in this book.