Boss Kid Build

10/13/2026

Friends are offering real money for your kid's slime. That's the moment to turn it into a business.

Most kids never get past making more batches. The friends who asked to buy some? They're already customers, waiting on one answer: how much.

That's where it usually stalls. You don't want to pull a number out of thin air, and you don't want to kill the excitement with a lecture on costs and margins. What your kid actually needs is a real price built from what a batch costs to make, and a simple way to take an order so it's not just a jar on the counter and a half-remembered promise.

The Slime Business Launch Kit walks through exactly that part: setting a fair price, writing up a custom order, and keeping track of who bought what. It picks up right where the hobby stops being just for fun.

If people already want it, the hard part is done. The rest is just a plan.

Has your kid's slime hobby hit this point yet?



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10/12/2026

Big dreams deserve a spot on their desk. 💡📅

Meet the 2027 Boss Kid Build Calendar: The Calendar for Future Moguls!

With monthly quotes and goal planning, this desk calendar encourages your young dreamer to look ahead, set goals, and take small steps toward their big ideas.

Starting a first business? Saving for something special? Working toward a personal goal? Give them a little inspiration for the year ahead. ✨

🎁 Add it to your holiday gift list for the future boss in your life!

What’s one big goal your kid has for 2027? Tell us below! 👇

10/12/2026

Your kid named it. Priced it. Now they're ready to sell, right? Not quite yet.

Naming and branding are the fun parts, so it feels like the finish line. But selling something for real takes one more thing: being able to answer the questions a stranger is actually going to ask.

A kid is ready to sell when they're not thrown by those questions. Can they say who'd want this and why, in one sentence instead of a ramble? Can they explain what it costs to make and why the price is fair, instead of just repeating a number? And when someone says "that's too expensive," can they hold the price instead of dropping it just to end the conversation?

If the answer is a shrug, that's not a reason to scrap the idea. It just means the business side needs one more round before the sales side opens.

Skip that step and here's what usually happens: they're at the table, someone asks "why does it cost that much," and they go quiet. The spark is still there. It just needs backing before it meets a real customer.

What's the hardest question your kid has gotten asked at their stand or table?

10/09/2026

Someone asks your kid what they want to be when they grow up. Nobody asks if anyone would pay for it yet.

Someone at a family dinner asks your kid what they want to be when they grow up. They give the usual answer, a vet, a YouTuber, "rich," and nobody follows up with what that would actually look like, because we don't usually ask 8 to 12 year olds to think that far.

Here's the part worth noticing: "entrepreneur" doesn't mean your kid needs a company, a logo, or a five-year plan. It means they've taken something they can make or do and found one real person willing to pay for it. That's the whole definition. A kid who sells five bracelets to a neighbor has done more actual business thinking than an adult with a business card and zero customers.

It's also why the first stage of Boss Kid Build isn't "pick a career," it's "notice a problem you can actually solve for someone nearby." Kids this age can absolutely do that kind of thinking. They just need a few steps to walk through instead of a vague "you can be anything" pep talk, which feels nice but doesn't teach them anything about how an idea becomes something real.

So next time someone asks your kid the big question, try the smaller one instead.



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10/07/2026

Your kid blurts out a price before doing any math, and correcting it feels like crushing their confidence right after they finally said yes to selling something.

Instead of telling them the number is wrong, walk through it with them. What did it actually cost to make, just the materials for one, not the whole supply run? What does something similar already sell for, at a craft table, a cousin's Etsy shop, even the grocery store shelf? And what do they want to earn for their own time, not "a lot" but an actual number for an hour of cutting, mixing, or tying?

Run through that with them and the price they land on is often close to their first guess. The difference is they can finally explain it, and that's what turns a kid who picked a number because it sounded right into one who's starting to think like a business owner.

Kit #5: Set Your Price walks through that exact math, worksheets and all.



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10/06/2026

Your kid is ready to sell. The problem is nobody's figured out what the idea actually is yet.

That's the step most families skip, and it's the one that decides whether everything after it works or falls apart. A business built on wanting to sell because everyone else is doing it doesn't hold up the same way one built on something they're genuinely good at, solving a problem they've actually noticed, does.

The order matters more than it looks like at first. Idea first, what are they good at, and who actually needs it? Then brand, a name and a look that says what the business is about, not something slapped on at the last minute. Then price, real numbers, not a guess that sounds fair. Then the pitch, the words they'll use when someone asks why they should buy it. Selling only makes sense once there's something worth selling.

Skip straight to 'how do I sell it,' and a kid ends up pitching an idea they can't explain, at a price they can't justify, under a name that doesn't mean anything yet. That's usually where a first business stalls, two or three steps before the sale, not at the sale itself.

Our free Young Boss Starter Kit is built for exactly that first step: helping a kid land on the right idea before price, brand, or pitch ever come up.

What's your kid's idea right now, even if it's still a little rough around the edges? Tell us in the comments.



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10/05/2026

A lemonade stand goes up on the lawn before anyone's figured out what a cup should cost.

Most kids guess. A quarter feels too cheap, a dollar feels like a lot, so they land somewhere in between and hope it works. That's not pricing, it's a coin flip.

A lemonade stand is actually one of the easiest places to teach real pricing math, because every cost is right there in front of you. Lemons, sugar, cups, ice, the pitcher you borrowed from the kitchen. Add it up and a cup is never free to make, even when it feels like it should be.

Once your kid knows what a cup costs, the next question gets a lot more interesting: how much do they want to keep for themselves? That's profit, and deciding it on purpose, instead of backing into it, is the whole lesson. A kid who can say "it costs me this much to make, so I charge this much to earn this much" is doing real business math, not just selling drinks.

Our Lemonade Stand Business Launch Kit walks through exactly that, cost by cost, so pricing stops being a guess and starts being a number they can explain.

What would your kid price first if they ran a stand this summer?



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10/03/2026

A holiday market is one of the best first selling experiences a kid can have, and you don't need to be a business expert to pull it off. You just need a plan, a little lead time, and a willingness to let your child do the talking.

This guide walks you through all of it: a six-week countdown, what to sell, how to price it, what to bring, and how to help on market day without taking over.

It usually starts with a flyer. Your kid spots one for the school holiday bazaar or the church craft fair, and suddenly they're asking, "Can I get a table?" If your first thought was a mix of "That's amazing!" and "Oh no, what have I signed up for?", you're in good company. I've felt both at the sam...

09/27/2026

Got TEFA funds? Here's how Texas families can use them for hands-on business curriculum, step by step, with sample budgets.

Texas homeschool families: here's how to use your $2,000 TEFA award on Odyssey for entrepreneurship curriculum your 8 to 12 year old will love.

09/26/2026

📍 Every state. Every kit. Every standard.

One of the most common questions I get from ESA and homeschool families is: "Does Boss Kid Build line up with MY state's standards?"

Now you can see for yourself. 🙌

The Boss Kid Build Standards Alignment Library maps all 8 kits, from Find Your Big Idea through Lead & Level Up, to the official CTE standards in all 50 states plus Washington, DC.

Here's what you'll find:
✅ An interactive map. Just click your state to open its alignment page
✅ State-specific CTE frameworks for entrepreneurship and business
✅ Alignment to the 15 National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education
✅ Common Core ELA & Math connections (money math, opinion writing, and speaking skills through the Boss Kid pitch!)

Boss Kid Build is a pre-CTE entrepreneurship curriculum for kids ages 8–12, designed as the on-ramp to high school Career & Technical Education. Your young boss isn't just having fun building a business. They're building real, standards-aligned skills. 💼✨

👉 Find your state here: https://www.bosskidbuild.com/pages/state-standards-alignment-hub

Want a copy of your state's alignment guide? Email [email protected]