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Raise a Maker Academy
Seven short courses for parents of kids 6–13. See what's possible, and start things at home this week that can change your kid's life. Free for every parent.
Why it matters now
Your kids are growing up in a world that changes faster than ever, and AI is more powerful than ever. Schools move slowly: new research can take years to reach a classroom. A home can change tomorrow, and small changes at home make a big difference over a whole childhood.
Praise the effort, not the result
Mueller & Dweck, 1998
Swap an hour of scrolling for an hour of making
Przybylski & Weinstein, 2017
Let your kid choose the project
Ryan & Deci, 2000
Every course works the same way
- 1
Watch
Five short films, about 15 minutes in all.
- 2
Make
One thing at home, together with your kid.
- 3
Quiz
Three questions. Pass with two out of three.
- 4
Badge
Each course you pass adds a badge to your diploma.
Start with the first course. Then take the others in any order, on your own time. It's also how every Kubrio course for kids is designed, so while you learn, you feel what your kid will feel.
Four questions, seven courses
Most parents ask the same four questions, in roughly this order.
Stage 1
Why does it matter?
- 1
Raising Makers in the Age of AI
What AI changes about what kids need to learn, and why making beats consuming. Start here: it opens the other six.
Stage 2
Where do we start?
- 2
Set Up a Maker Home
The space, the rhythm, and the shelf where finished things go: after school, homeschooling, or on the road.
- 3
From Screen Time to Making Time
What games get right, and how to turn scrolling into finished things without the daily fight.
Stage 3
How do I help?
- 4
Growth Mindset: Raising a Kid Who Tries Again
How to praise effort, handle “it’s not good enough”, and make mistakes normal at home.
- 5
Self-Directed Learning: Let Your Kid Lead
Your role shifts from directing to setting up and stepping back.
Stage 4
How do we keep going?
- 6
Become a Learning Experience Designer for Your Kids
Design projects your kid can’t wait to start: a goal, a challenge, a finish line, and something to show.
- 7
The Maker Habit
One finished thing a week, for years, until your kid finds the thing only they could make.
Built on published research
Forty years of studies on how kids learn, grow, and keep trying. Every course lists all of its sources. A few of them:
- PapertMindstorms1980
- Mueller & DweckJournal of Personality and Social Psychology1998
- Ryan & DeciAmerican Psychologist2000
- Yeager et al.Nature2019
- Pearson & DubéInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction2025
- Bastani et al.PNAS2025
Graduate as a Certified Modern Parent
Finish all seven courses and you graduate with a diploma that holds all seven badges. You'll know things that can transform your kid's life.
Your graduation gift
50% off
Every Kubrio plan, for all your kids, for life.
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