Students from Stuyvesant High School in New York City have launched their first product, Flip ‘N’ Check, a dry-erase activity book for kids ages 5 and up. The toy is sold in more than 20 stores along the East coast, with all proceeds to be donated to the Teen Entrepreneur Boot Camp (TEBC), a not-for-profit group dedicated to teaching entrepreneurship to teens. This team will be collaborating with the Bronx Zoo for the next version of Flip ‘N’ Check called Zoo Animals.
The idea for the Flip ’N’ Check method was donated to the project by Dr. Howard Wexler, inventor of the game Connect 4, in an effort to fund the program. Flip ‘N’ Check comes in an easy-to-travel format and contains educational puzzles, mazes, connect-the-dots, word searches, crosswords, and more. A demonstration video is available on YouTube.
The students will be documenting their learning experiences on the TEBC blog, which will also feature tips from professionals they have met along the way, and the experiences they have had launching this toy company.
