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Kid CEO Lab · Homeschool business course · Ages 8-13

Your kids are the future. Teach them to build it.

Kid CEO Lab is a hands-on business course for kids. In one semester, your child creates a product, prices it fairly, serves real customers, and learns that a good business makes life better for the people it serves. Every parent step is written out, even if you've never opened Canva.

Instant PDF download · 93 printable pages · 16 weeks, no set dates

Kid CEO Lab business course for kids: Welcome Packet, Parent Guide and Student Workbook pages
16
weeks, one day a week
93
printable pages
3
guides: family, parent, student
1
real business, start to finish
Why we made this

The world is evolving fast. The best gift we can give our kids is the confidence to create.

Technology and the way people work are changing faster than any textbook can keep up with. What lasts is the ability to notice what people need, make something useful, treat others honestly, and see it through.

We built Kid CEO Lab at our own kitchen table. Our 10-year-old loved making things and wanted to sell them, and we wanted her to learn more than crafting: how a real business works, and how a good one adds something to the world.

Kids rise to the challenge when it's real. Real customers. Real money. A real IOU to pay back to their investor (you). And the quiet pride of making something someone else is glad to have.

Create
Turn an idea into something real that people actually want.
Serve
Listen to customers, tell the truth, and make it right when something goes wrong.
Contribute
Earn it, save some, and choose how to give back to something good.

What your child will learn

How business works, the tools of the world they're growing into, and the character to use both well.

Business skills

Product design, market research, costs and pricing, profit and break-even, budgeting, branding, marketing and customer service.

Tech skills

Canva for logos, labels, flyers and video. Google Forms and Sheets. Product photos, QR codes, and how to use AI responsibly.

Character and service

Serving customers with care, honest advertising, keeping promises, handling a "no thanks," public speaking, and deciding how to save, spend and give.

How the semester works

WEEKS 1-3
Dream it
Business basics, pick a safe product, survey real customers.
WEEKS 4-6
Build it
Prototypes, a brand name, a logo and brand board in Canva.
WEEKS 7-9
Plan it
Costs, prices, an investor IOU, packaging and labels.
WEEK 10
Make it
Production day: the first real batch.
WEEKS 11-14
Sell it
A QR flyer, faceless photos and video, honest ads, launch day.
WEEKS 15-16
Grow it
Happy customers, profit, repaying the investor, and choosing how to give back.
Honest expectations

Guided, not hands-off.

Your child does the thinking, making and deciding, and the workbook is written so they can follow most steps on their own. You're the business partner: about 20-30 minutes of prep and 45-90 minutes together each week.

Your child, the CEO

  • Follows step-by-step weekly missions
  • Makes the product and designs in Canva
  • Does the money math and fills in worksheets
  • Pitches, packs orders and writes thank-yous

You, the business partner

  • Buys supplies and prints pages
  • Owns every account: Canva, Google, AI, payments
  • Sits beside them for tech and AI lessons
  • Handles money and safety, and cheers loudly

What's inside

Three printable guides that work together, week by week.

8 PAGES

Welcome Packet

Supply list, tech setup, a semester planner, a family CEO agreement and a certificate of completion.

41 PAGES

Parent Guide

Prep lists, lesson flow, questions to ask, and step-by-step tutorials for Canva, Google Forms and Sheets, and AI.

44 PAGES

Student Workbook

Weekly missions, worksheets, a CEO dictionary, plus ledger, order and inventory pages.

Kid CEO Lab student workbook pages: costs and pricing Kid CEO Lab parent guide pages: Canva lesson Kid CEO Lab money plan and investor IOU worksheet Kid CEO Lab responsible AI lesson for kids Kid CEO Lab safe product guide for kid businesses Kid CEO Lab welcome packet and certificate
Built for the world they're growing into

Powerful tools, used wisely.

AI will be part of your child's whole life. Kid CEO Lab teaches them to use it the way we'd hope: as a helper they guide, question and check, with their own ideas and honesty leading the way. Every photo and video stays faceless, and a grown-up owns every account.

Their ideas first. Kids brainstorm on their own before they ever ask AI.
A grown-up drives. AI is used only with you, on your account.
Fact-check everything. Kids hunt for what the AI got wrong, and make honest ads.
Hands and products only. No faces, names, schools or towns online.

Is it right for your family?

Ages
Designed for about 8-13. Younger kids with more help; older kids get stretch challenges every week.
Your time
About 20-30 minutes of prep plus 45-90 minutes together each week.
Schedule
16 weeks at one day a week, or 8 weeks at two. No set dates.
Supplies
Usually $30-100 for materials, which your child works to earn back.
Tech
A computer or tablet, internet, a printer (or print shop) and free Canva and Google accounts.
An investment in your future CEO

Kid CEO Lab

$29

One-time payment · instant PDF download

  • Welcome Packet (8 pages)
  • Parent Guide (41 pages)
  • Student Workbook (44 pages)
  • Print as many copies as your family needs
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Questions parents ask

Can my child do this alone?

Mostly, with you nearby. Kids follow the workbook on their own for many steps. Steps labeled for a grown-up need you: accounts, money, printing, safety and all AI use.

I've never used Canva or AI. Is that okay?

Yes. The Parent Guide walks you through each tool, step by step, in the week you first need it.

What can kids make and sell?

Any simple product from the Safe Product Guide: bracelets, bookmarks, cards, painted rocks, plant cuttings and more.

Is AI required?

No. The two AI lessons can be done as a discussion instead.

Can I reuse it for my other kids?

Yes. Print it again for any child in your family.

How do I get the files?

Right after checkout you'll see download buttons, and we'll email you the links too.

The future is built by people who create, serve and give. It starts at your kitchen table.

Start Week 1 this week. Your future CEO is ready.

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