From the early days of traders and trappers to today's global online marketplace, business is the glue that holds our world together. In Entrepreneurship: Create Your Own Business, children learn what it takes to transform a great idea into their own new business. Through plenty of hands-on activities, art and history meet economics and math while young readers gain a solid understanding of how a business works.Kids use familiar resources to develop a business idea of their own, create a presentation for potential investors, and utilize basic cost and price analysis worksheets. The skills they learn by writing a business plan, creating a prototype of an item to sell, designing packaging, and finding ways to advertise their products translate into language, math, and problem-solving skills that are relevant across all subjects. Cartoon illustrations, fun facts, and interviews with successful entrepreneurs make Entrepreneurship entertaining and informative. Supplemental materials include a glossary, list of resources, and an index.Entrepreneurship meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction; Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
". . . just the inspiration and motivation we needed. . . Entrepreneurship is a great resource for business-minded kiddos who are interested in starting a business of their own-from walking dogs to selling handmade items and more."
Entrepreneurship: Create Your Own Business with 25 Projects Old Schoolhouse Magazine
"This book's intent is to not only inspire young business-minded readers to think about future career options but to compel them to make themselves into entrepreneurs now. This book is a great tool kit for young readers who want to practice the skills required for success in business."
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"Excellent book for children ten years of age and older on how to create a small business. Illustration help explain the various elements of the process plus there are fun facts and vocabulary. Hands on activities are good too. Worth buying..."
