Thinking of what product to make can be overwhelming for kidpreneurs when they’re presented with a blank slate of making ‘anything they can dream of’. The most innovative ideas come when students are given a scaffold for their creativity, such as the categories of products to choose from below. Inside each CK Business Kit is [...]
Teacher Adam Mitchell at Billanook College VIC took up the CK Challenge program in term 3, 2015. Here is a quick snapshot of the unique way Adam is running the program in his own words: “We are nearly at the end of term 3, but we are nowhere near the end of ClubK! However, this [...]
Australians love a larrikin. That unconventional person who is a true individual and dances to the beat of their own drum. So we would have loved the 19th century Texas rancher Samuel Maverick. He was so free-spirited and individually minded that he refused to brand his cattle. Strange behaviour for a rancher! But, if you [...]
In the September school holidays, Club Kidpreneur ran 'Budding Business Brains' workshops at three Westfield shopping centres in Sydney. 154 kids learned to build and launch their own micro-enterprise with the majority returning to sell products at a Kidpreneur Market Day. Together these kidpreneurs raised an impressive $3,403.50 at Westfield Parramatta, Warringah and Miranda! Budding Business Brains [...]
Case Study - Billanook College VIC Teacher Adam Mitchell at Billanook College VIC took up the CK Challenge program in term 3, 2015. Here is a quick snapshot of the unique way Adam is running the program in his own words: "We are nearly at the end of term 3, but we are nowhere near the [...]
Homeschooling presents a rich opportunity for kids to develop in a holistic, well-rounded manner through learning opportunities beyond what institutional schooling might offer. Club Kidpreneur’s CK Challenge program is designed to encourage kids to learn through interactive self-discovery as they build and launch their own micro-enterprises to raise money for a worthy cause of [...]
In recent months the Queensland government has allocated $76 million of its budget to fostering the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, recognising that it is entrepreneurs who create jobs and are the lifeblood of the Australian economy. Brisbane Central State School has had a head start on developing entrepreneurial thinking within their school by participating in Club Kidpreneur’s CK [...]
Entrepreneurship Fostering Self-Esteem- Aaron Willis' Story While Club Kidpreneur aims to foster entrepreneurial skills in primary-aged children, another key outcome of the program is the confidence and self-esteem kids gain from starting their own businesses, especially those who might be falling through the cracks at school or at home. Few exhibit this more powerfully than [...]
Three girls from Victory Lutheran College did the CK Challenge with their teacher Jan Coyle in 2014. Aleisha, Lauren and Ellie launched a business in order to raise money for their local charity - Country Hope. Afterward, the girls were invited to speak about their experience at the Halogen National Young Leaders' Day in Melbourne. View [...]
Luke and Bailey with a customer in their SPRAY'D business Best friends Bailey Lucock and Luke Milburn both have dyslexia, which in their words “is hard work”. But that didn’t hamper their participation in the CK Challenge in 2014. The CK Challenge, is a self-funding, early intervention program that teaches financial literacy and [...]
