Compound Kids · A Lotus program
Time. Understanding money at eight instead of at twenty-eight is the biggest head start anyone gets, and almost nobody gets it. Compound Kids is eight weeks of hands-on money skills for kids 8 to 13, with real money and real stakes. No worksheets, no lectures.
Both groups manage $50 of real money across four jars. The difference is how far we push it: Explorers learn what money is and what choices feel like, Founders start running the numbers and defending their thinking out loud.
Concrete and playful. Trading, pricing, saving up for something they actually want, and finding out the hard way what happens when you spend it all in week two. The goal is instinct, not arithmetic.
Register Explorers →Sharper and more strategic. Interest, risk, opportunity cost, and building an idea worth backing. They finish by pitching to a real financial professional and answering real questions about it.
Register Founders →The same rhythm repeats for eight weeks, which is the whole point. Repetition is what turns an idea into an instinct.
A sealed envelope. A mystery box. A dare, with no explanation yet.
They play for real, 25 minutes, and their choices have consequences.
We only ask questions. They explain what just happened. That's where it sticks.
The ritual that never gets skipped, until it's second nature.
One small dare to carry home before next Wednesday.
Built Compound Kids because she has an eleven-year-old of her own and kept meeting parents stuck on the same question: how do you actually teach a child what money is?
Brings her own financial services background plus years of running rooms full of kids, and knows exactly how to keep 45 minutes moving.
Compound Kids runs as a collaboration between Lotus, the Westport Public Library, and a local financial professional from the Westport community, who joins for one session to hear real pitches and answer real questions. Guest speaker to be announced as we lock them in.
Email us. We'll help you pick based on where they'll feel challenged rather than just their birthday. Some ten-year-olds belong in Founders and some elevens are happier in Explorers.
The eight weeks build on each other, so we ask for a full commitment. If you know about a conflict in advance, email us and we'll help your child catch up on what they missed.
It works well: one drop-off, two age-matched rooms, back to back. Register the first child normally, then email us and we'll send an invoice for the second with 15% off.
Yes. It's included in the $365 and it becomes your child's money to manage across the four jars for the whole eight weeks. That's what makes the decisions land.
Email hello@lotuswestport.com and Michal will get back to you directly.