Color the world. Ask the questions. Trust the kid.
For the grown-ups in the room
AGES 3–5
Before they can read, they can already tell.
A note from Raised to Resist before you sit down to color together.
What this book is for
Three- to five-year-olds already meet AI every day: in toys, in voice helpers, on a screen handed over in line at the pharmacy. They don't need a lecture. They need language. This book gives them small, sturdy words for the difference between a real feeling and a pretend one.
How to use it
One page at a time. While you color, read the instruction out loud. Ask the questions on the page like you actually want to know the answer. (You do.) Skip pages. Repeat pages. There's no order.
The three things we're practicing
Alive or not alive? A heartbeat, breath, the want for things.
Real friend, pretend friend. Who can hug back. Who only waves.
Why, though? The smallest, strongest question in the world.
What we never do
We don't scare kids about robots. We don't tell them their toys are bad. We point at the heart on Beep's chest and say, "that's a picture of a heart. Yours is the real thing."
Built, not born. Color the difference.
Media Literacy · Meet the robot
AGES 3–5
Meet Beep.
Beep is a robot. Beep is made of blocks and batteries. Color Beep any color you like. Beep is friendly, but Beep is not alive.
Beep is made of blocks.
Beep runs on batteries, not a heartbeat.
Look at the chest.
See the heart on Beep's chest? It's only a picture. Beep cannot really feel. You can.
A picture of a heart is not the same as a heart.
Genuine Empathy · Sorting
AGES 3–5
Alive, or not alive?
Look at each one. Draw a green circle around the things that are alive. Draw an X over the ones that are not.
ALIVEhas a heartbeat, breath, wants things
NOT ALIVEmade of parts, batteries, fluff, or pixels
Hearts beat. Pictures of hearts don't.
Genuine Empathy · The real-heart test
AGES 3–5
Who has a real heart?
Two columns of things. One column is alive. One column is machines. In the middle is a heart for real feelings.
ALIVE
heartbeat · breath · feelings
real feelings live here
MACHINES
pictures · batteries · code
Machines can wave. Only people and animals can feel.
Digital Wellness · The voice in the box
AGES 3–5
The listening helper.
The voice that lives in the speaker can do some things. But it cannot do all things.
It CAN
play a song
set a timer
tell a joke
It CANNOT
love you
keep your secrets
tuck you in
A helper is not a friend. A helper is not a heart.
Genuine Empathy · Friends
AGES 3–5
Real friend, pretend friend.
A real hug goes both ways. Beep can wave, but Beep cannot hug you back for real. Color both pictures.
REAL friend
hugs back · knows your name · remembers you
PRETEND friend
waves · plays sounds · cannot hug back
Why, though?Who can really hug you back? Who can only pretend?
Genuine Empathy · Honest help
AGES 3–5
A real friend can help.
Beep says "WOW! Perfect!" no matter what. The tower is about to fall. A real friend tells you the truth, kindly.
WOW! Perfect!
Beep (only knows yes)
(wobble, wobble!)
the tower (in trouble)
It's tipping. Try this!
Samara (a real friend)
A real friend tells the truth, kindly.
Community · My grown-ups
AGES 3–5
Who takes care of me?
Draw three people who help take care of you. Grown-ups in your house, at school, or anywhere safe.
My people:
1
name
2
name
3
name
These are the people I can tell anything.
Your people are real. They have names. Say them out loud.
Body Safety & Consent · Who I tell
AGES 3–5
Secrets are for safe people.
If something feels wrong or scary, who do I tell? Trace the green path. The X path is for things that can't really listen.
ME
a safe grown-up
not a machine
Tell a person. People remember. Machines don't.
Body Safety & Consent · The code word
AGES 3–5
Our family code word.
A code word is a secret word only our family knows. If a grown-up says it, they're really from us. If they don't know it, they aren't.
Our family code word is…
say it loud. then say it ONLY to the people in our circle.
PICK A GOOD ONE
silly is better than serious
not your pet, not your school
easy enough for a 3-year-old
hard enough that strangers don't guess
If the grown-up doesn't know the word, you don't go.
Media Literacy · The magic question
AGES 3–5
Why, though?
Kamsi's favorite question is "Why, though?" When a screen or a toy wants you to do something, that's the question to ask. Color Kamsi and her Why Book.
Why, though?Ask it about ads. Ask it about toys. Ask it about anything: why, though?
MY WHY BOOK
?
Curiosity, not fear, is the muscle we're growing.
Reward Page · Free coloring
AGES 3–5
Beep's little world.
You did the hard pages. This one is just for fun. Color the whole scene any way you want.
