Maker Kids Club

When kids mean business

Our signature program for kids and teens is Maker Kids Club, a 14-week program that teaches kids to launch their own businesses. It aligns with Years 5 and 6 of the Australian Curriculum in the areas of Business, Economics and Mathematics.

We teach our students to become ‘kidpreneurs‘. In the process, they:

• learn essential life skills like money management, time management, team work and sales,
• build confidence in their capabilities, and
• astound their teachers and parents with their creativity and enthusiasm!

Being a ‘kidpreneur’ is a common theme among some of the world’s most famous business people such as Warren Buffett, Richard Branson and Melanie Perkins. We like to think our kidpreneurs, such as Ash of Beauty from Ash’s Products, are the Buffetts, Bransons and Perkins of the future.

How Maker Kids Club works

We offer our course in two ways:

For individual kidpreneurs and their families:

• We open enrolment twice a year, in June and December.
• Join the waitlist by signing up for our eBook.
• Join our Parents group to connect with fellow kidpreneur families.

For Year 5 and 6 classes:

• Teachers can run Maker Kids Club in the classroom (30 – 60 minutes per week for 14 weeks).
• Enrolment includes:
  • individual access to the online training platform for every student and the teacher for the duration of the course,
  • teaching guides, and
  • online support.
• A typical lesson includes:
  • watching a training video (5-15 minutes),
  • discussing the content following the teacher’s guide, and
  • student group work to complete the activity sheet accompanying the lesson.
• Week 10 is nominally launch week (though it’s up to each school when they want to run their market)
  • This typically lines up with the end of school term.
  • We’ve found it’s great to run the launch market on the same day as end-of-term assembly so parents can attend too.
• Contact us to enquire about running Maker Kids Club in your classroom.

What’s it like for the kids?

We’ve worked with dozens of young business owners privately and in school settings. Meet some of our kidpreneurs in the videos below as they explain their businesses and share their advice for fellow kidpreneurs.

What’s it like for the parents?

Just like any extra-curricular activity, parents are involved in their child’s entrepreneurial journey. Fortunately, they seem to love it! We often hear that the process brings families closer together. It’s wonderful to see the pride in our Maker Kids Club parents’ eyes.

School Case Study

In Term 2, 2017, we launched our pilot program with three Year 6 classes at Riverton Primary School in Perth. 86 of the 87 students that participated said they would recommend this program to other kids their age. Here are some videos from the launch market and interviews with the students.