Woodring and his partners Cody Clark and Sean Warner recovered quickly, though. By Thursday they were selling marshmallow Easter bunnies and Clark s homemade Rice Krispies treats. They d moved to a safer location. And they d hired a private investigator to help catch the bandit. For about one hour a day, three days a week, the three classrooms buzz with children selling, buying, and learning by doing.
Candy stores are popular businesses in all three classrooms.
Other successful start-ups include shops that sell decorated pens, scented lotions, garden seeds, baseball cards, hot chocolate, cold drinks, cookies and brownies. Two ambitious boys, Joe Griffeth and Hayden Lohr of Elk Valley, even started a movie theater, complete with popcorn and candy. They decided to raise their prices after immediately selling out their stock last week. Business is still good, they said. They ve learned to keep plenty of goods in stock and to avoid setting prices too low.