Your child picks two real products to compare and builds their own rubric to figure out which one is actually worth buying. They do cost-per-use math, spot marketing tricks, handle a real-world curveball, and write a recommendation they can defend. The habit of stopping and thinking before spending money.
Ages 9–14 · Project guide · 3 skill levels
Designed by a teacher with 15 years of classroom experience, now homeschooling her own kids.
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