Your child starts with one small, nearly worthless object and trades their way up through a chain of real swaps, no money, just deal after deal. Along the way they hit the question that drives all of business: what is a thing worth, and worth to whom? Real negotiation, value, and resourcefulness, inspired by the famous red-paperclip-to-a-house story.
Ages 6–14 · Project guide · 3 skill levels
Your child starts with something small and trades their way up. Every trade is a real negotiation with a real person who can say no. What something is worth turns out not to be fixed, and the same object is treasure to one person and junk to another.
Pitching, pricing, failing, and trying again. These are the skills no school subject teaches but every adult life needs. One small business taught at home beats a hundred worksheets on "economics."
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Designed by a teacher with 15 years of classroom experience, now homeschooling her own kids.
