Future movers and shakers of the business world were able to try their hand at being entrepreneurs at Millstream Elementary SchoolB次元官网网址檚 Young Entrepreneurs Fair Friday.
Grade 4 and 5 students spent the last six weeks coming up with products they could sell at the fair and put their best into selling their ideas.
From bath bombs to Christmas ornaments, students came up with and made a variety of products that were up for purchase throughout the day.
Community members, parents and other students were able to visit the fair and make purchases while the young entrepreneurs attracted customers.
READ MORE: Middle school entrepreneurs ready to set sale
Students come up with product ideas, survey potential customers, create prototypes, make business and financial plans and even get their parents to sign a loan certificate in the weeks leading up to the fair.
B次元官网网址淚t gets kids thinking creatively, problem-solving, communicating,B次元官网网址� said Samantha Ogrodnik, Millstream Elementary School vice principal.
Ten-year-old Abigale Bailey decided to sell hand-made pine cone animals at the fair. She said she made about 21 of them in the past month.
Bailey said she learned a lot from the experience.
B次元官网网址淚 learned not everything is perfect,B次元官网网址� Bailey said. B次元官网网址淎nd also that I just like this. This is fun for me.B次元官网网址�
Nine-year-old Lucaz Alastair Daquidan decided to make and sell dinosaur sock puppets because he said they are his favourite creatures.
READ MORE: Victoria elementary school kids celebrate B次元官网网址榃e DayB次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚 like how they look and walk and how they roar,B次元官网网址� Alastair Daquidan said. B次元官网网址淚 just really love them.B次元官网网址�
He said he learned a lot about how to be polite and attract customers to his table at the fair. He said he was demonstrating his sock puppets to potential customers to show them what they are like.
Ogrodnik said this is the second year she has done the entrepreneur fair at Millstream Elementary School. She said she learned about it when she used to teach in Campbell River.
B次元官网网址淚 brought it here and itB次元官网网址檚 really popular,B次元官网网址� Ogrodnik said. B次元官网网址淎nd each year the products keep getting better because theyB次元官网网址檙e excited about it.B次元官网网址�
shalu.mehta@goldstreamgazette.com
Like us on Facebook and follow us on
