Asking a generation to learn "how to use AI" is like asking a previous one to study the remote control. The point of the thing isn't the thing, it's what you make with it.
The kids I work with don't sit through lessons about prompts. They build. And the strange thing is, that's also the best way to learn to read.
Reading by building
A kid who wants their own story, their own game, their own little website will suddenly want to read. Not because a worksheet told them to, but because their story says a character isn't finished yet, and the sentence to finish it is on the screen in front of them.
AI does the heavy lifting of generating; the kid does the editing, the deciding, the "no, say it this way instead." That's where the literacy happens, in wanting the text to be theirs.
Use it well, and be careful
The rules I teach are short: AI is a helper, not a brain. When it gives you something, read it before you use it. If a word isn't right, change it. Anything a stranger gives you is a "tell an adult first" moment.
That's the whole lesson. Everything else is practice.
What leaves the table
Every kid I pair with leaves with something built: a story they finished, a small game, a first page on the internet. One kid, one session, supervised, with you (the parent) in the loop. Located in Saigon, over a coffee or a tea, whether your place or mine.