AI Literacy Is Essential — And It Assumes Your Child Is Already 8. What About Age 2–7?

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A four-year-old told her mother that Alexa was her friend. Her mother asked me if that was a problem. Most AI literacy begins at age 8. But AI experience begins at age 2. Here is what parents need to know about AI pre-literacy for young children.

AI Pre-Literacy: A Developmental Foundation That May Precede AI Literacy

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AI is increasingly present in children’s toys, games, assistants, and everyday environments — often without appearing as AI. This raises a foundational question: what, developmentally, comes before formal AI literacy?

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