Years ago I was introduced to a simple online game "lemonade stand". It's a rudimentary economics, strategy, and math game that is great for children to learn basic skills about what it would take to run a lemonade stand.
The original game (found here) has some issues with the most recent version of Java, and has been updated a little bit, but there is a more updated version found here. Unfortunately the website makes you watch a video first, but afterwards the game is quite fun. The premise is you have X amount of days to make money. You tell the game how many days you want to play then each day has different weather conditions. You adjust the lemon and sugar per cup, and based on the weather you adjust the price and ice per cup. The game shows the customer reactions so that you have an idea of how well your mix is. Before each day you need to purchase all the supplies needed to make the lemonade.
This updated version of the game makes it a great activity to go over simple economics with children (such as supply and demand) as well as math and problem solving / strategy skills.
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