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Why Games About Business?
Why These Games Are So Important For Kids Today
Learning Principles and Outcomes
What Makes These Games Unique?
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- In today’s world, it is becoming more important to teach kids about business.
- The United States ranked 17th in the world in a recent international math and science competition.
- If this trend continues we will lose our technological edge in the world.
- Many experts believe we have already begun to lose that edge.
"For the first time in generations, the nation's children could face poorer prospects than their parents and grandparents did. ... We owe our current prosperity, security and good health to the investments of past generations, and are obliged to renew those commitments."
~ 2006 Revised National Academy of Science Report, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm"
Many young children believe:
- Money comes from an ATM machine.
- Clothes and toys come from the mall.
- Food comes from the grocery store.
- Rewards come without effort.
Many High School Graduates have no concept of:
- Globalization.
- Global Markets.
- Basic business principles.
- The competition they will face in their lifetime.
While America sleeps, people across the globe are:
- Motivated to capture their share of world markets.
- Hungry for success.
- Developing technological centers to compete for global business.
Why These Games Are So Important For Kids Today (Click Images To Enlarge)
Parents everywhere will do anything to ensure that their children enjoy a better, happier and more prosperous life than they themselves had. It's been like that from time immemorial. And it certainly hasn't changed today. What has changed however is what it takes to achieve that goal. Because so many of the givens and the comforting assumptions we've relied on in the past for guidance and direction have long since fallen victim to a whole new set of unexpected variables. For instance, switch on the news, or open any paper today, and you're sure to come across at least one, if not all of these stories:
Whether in the United States , Britain , or elsewhere, once rock solid and generous corporate and governmental pension plans are being sharply reduced, if not done away with entirely. Individuals will have to acquire the skills to become more responsible for their own financial wellbeing, and as today's children mature, this need will become even more imperative.
And, as if that weren't enough, what about all the reports concerning American eighth graders falling to 15th place - behind Singapore, Korea, Japan, Holland, Malaysia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, and Russia, amongst others - when it comes to average math scores? At precisely the time when understanding and applying the basics of math has never been so important?
Of course it'd be foolish to think that there's some panacea for all this. There isn't. The only way to deal with it is to be able to adapt to the new situation. The sooner the better. And the younger the better. This was the thinking and approach behind the development and launch of the groundbreaking new board games, GEE Wiz!™, and Mind Your Business!™ which are designed to help kids learn about business and investing in the global environment, while also honing their math and reading skills. Kids learn real "grown up" skills while having fun!
Learning Principles and Outcomes
Our board games are based on the principles of learning through play. It has been long understood, that hands-on experiences are the best way to learn. These games are the first of several vertically interfaced games to be offered to the market. Each of the subsequent versions of the simulation game, will build and overlap on the previous model by incorporating increasing business reality into the play.
While playing, kids learn about:
- making decisions
- managing investments
- balancing accounts
- communicating with others and negotiating trades
- identifying investment opportunities and risks
- and calculating Returns on Investment (ROI)
Our board games feature 24 countries that are representative of the majority top GDP (gross domestic product). The cost and return numbers are not precise from a purely economic view, but are representative of the trade volumes and returns within each country.
What Makes These Games Unique?
There's no shortage of educational business games in the world. Our games add an international dimension to the play, something which will become more important as the world gets smaller and nations become more economically and commercially linked and interdependent. This international dimension is lacking in other business games.