14 Educational Games to Teach Your Kids About Business

eMoms at home lists fourteen educational games you can use to teach your kids about business.  Here’s a summary:

Board Games

• Monopoly - “the grandfather of all money & investment games”
• KidsWealth Money Kit - “teach kids to manage real money in a safe, structured, and supported manner”
• Stock Rush Game - “all the basic principles of trading used in the real world”

Computer Games

• The Sims 2: Open for Business - “build businesses with the characters you have created”
• Zoo Tycoon - your “own completely free-form zoo”
• Roller Coaster Tycoon - “classic management strategy game” - note that there is also a series of Roller Coaster Tycoon books written in Choose Your Own Adventure style
  
• Fairy Godmother Tycoon - “the chance to the power behind the world of fairy tales”
• My Horse Farm - “Spend your money wisely, make good decisions, and train your horses to become world-class champions.”
• Restaurant Empire - “all the challenges of building and operating a restaurant franchise through a unique blend of business-simulation and RPG gameplay”
• Lemonade Tycoon 2 - “juices up business simulation!”

Also included in the post are a couple Pretend and Play items for younger kids, and a lemonade stand and lemonade maker to put your kid’s skills to use.