Business for Kids; Learning Job Skills for the Office

Business Lesson Plans for Kids:

• Thirteen Ed Online - Financial & Business Education: One of the most important parts of managing a business is money, and knowing how to manage it. Thirteen Ed Online has developed lesson plans regarding business and finances for different age groups. New lessons are created every month.
• Money Instructor: Career, Work and Business Lessons: Money Instructor provides a wide range of resources regarding business and careers, including everything from public speaking to business management.
• These Kids Mean Busines$ - Additional Lesson Plans Grades 3-12: The website for the PBS documentary These Kids Mean Busines$ offers a variety of lesson plans and resources for business teachers and students.
• Teach-Nology - Economics, Business Lesson Plans: Teach-Nology provides business, finance and economics-related lessons with some input from significant related events throughout modern history.
• Lesson Planet - Business Lesson Plan: Offers many different business-related lessons targeted at a variety of age groups and grades.
• Government of Saskatchewan - Business Education: The Government of Saskatchewan details the essentials of a core business-related curriculum.
• Nebraska Entrepreneur - Creating Your Own Career: The University of Omaha in Nebraska offers a free 10-lesson Entrepreneurship course outline online, that can be accessed by anyone at any time. Each lesson is available in a printable PDF file, and contains information for both students and teachers.
• Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education - Presentation Masters: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education provides many different Entrepreneurship-related articles and lessons.

Teaching Kids Money Management Lessons:

• The Mint: The Mint is a website dedicated to help teachers and parents teach children and teens about money management. With regularly updated content, the website provides a variety of resources for children, teens, parents and teachers.
• University of Minnesota - Money Management Strategies: The University of Minnesota provides a printable money-management aid that can be done by nearly all age groups.
• Character Education - Personal Money Management: Link to free lesson plans for money management.
• Money Management International - Lesson Plans: Lesson plans relating to money-management to help kids develop money-management and business skills.
• The Teachers Corner - Money Lesson Plans: Money-related lessons for all age groups.
• Ohio State University - Manage Your Money: Ohio State University has a few printable aids to help anyone manage their money better. Not only are they helpful lessons in money-management, but they can also be used to help nearly anyone manage their money better.
• Practical Money Skills - Lesson Plans: Money-related lesson plans for all ages and learning abilities.
• Kids.gov - Money: A list of interesting money-related resources for kids and teachers.

Educational Business Games for Kids:

• Primary Games - Lemonade Stand: One of the most basic, well-known and addictive business games is the lemonade stand game, where kids can learn the basics of supply and demand by managing their very own online lemonade stand.
• Cool Math Games - Coffee Shop: A game where kids can run their own coffee shop.
• PBS Kids - Be Your Own Boss: The Be Your Own Boss game lets kids learn the basics of business management by running a dog walking service, being a comic book publisher, or running a car wash!
• Disney - Hot Shot Business: Disney's Hot Shot Business provides kids a fun way to learn about basic business management skills, including keeping track of costs, advertising, decision-making, and much more.
• Cookie Tycoon: A slightly more complicated game where kids run their own cookie store.
• Monopoly: An online version of the classic real-estate board game.
• 123 Games - Amuse Park: A game where kids can learn business management by running an amusement park.
• Soft 82 - Business Flash Games: Collection of flash business games for kids.

Business Idea for Kids:

• Homeschool Entrepreneur: Business Ideas for Kids: A few resources and hints for running a business, one of which gives kids capital and other resources for starting a coffee and tea shop!
• Education.com - Money-Making Ideas for Kids: A list of a few things kids from various age groups can do to make some money during the summer.
• Life123 - Great Business Ideas for Kids: More business ideas for kids, including a lunch delivery service.
• Show Kids the Money: Numerous in-depth guides for starting various kid-friendly businesses.
• The Money Times - Money-Making Ideas for Kids: Even more ways for kids to make money.
• Gaebler - Starting a Flyer Business: A guide to starting a flyer distribution service.
• How Kids Can Make Money: Some more business ideas for kids and teenagers, some of which are very technology and computer-oriented.
• Start To Finish Business Ideas For Kids: An article which helps parents help their children come up with a good business idea.

Business Articles to Read:

• Soft City Cafe - How to Get Kids Thinking about Business: A list of different applications to help kids start to think about business in a creative way.
• PBS: These Kids Mean Busines$: An article on the PBS documentary focusing on successful kid-run businesses.
• Internet Based Kids - Kids Business Articles: Many articles for kids on Entrepreneurship and business management.
• Business Week: Business Courses Give Kids a Leg Up: An article about the importance of teaching kids business principles, and how it can result in their success.
• Kids 4 Kids: Student Business Center: A website for kids with many resources for business establishment and management, including an on-site calculator, notepad, and a few helpful guides.
• Smart Kids 101: Preparing the Heart and Mind of an Entrepreneur: A business course that trains kids to establish and manage a business.
• Score.org - Resources for Young Entrepreneurs - A list of helpful resources for young entrepreneurs.
• Small Business Notes - Young Entrepreneurs: Even more resources for entrepreneurs under 25.