Grades 3 to 5 · Juniors
Start Your First Business
Students find a problem worth solving, invent a business around it, name it, price it simply and pitch it to the class on the final night.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes with2 min pitch
Live online courses for grades 3 to 8
Skills for what comes next.
Live online courses in the future ready skills kids will need most: starting a business, speaking with confidence, and understanding the technology shaping their world.
Why Comet Skills
The skills that matter more as technology does more
As software takes on the routine work, the abilities that set students apart are the ones it can't replace: spotting an idea worth pursuing, making people listen, building things with the new tools and knowing when not to trust them, and holding your attention when everything is built to take it. Those four sit at the centre of everything we teach. Underneath all of them, students practise the social and emotional skills that make any of it work: knowing how you think, managing frustration, listening properly, and making decisions you can explain.
Four subjects that reinforce each other
Entrepreneurship, communication, AI literacy and focus are not separate hobbies. A student who can spot an idea, explain it convincingly, build it with the tools available and concentrate long enough to finish is far ahead of one who can only do one of the four.
Social and emotional skills throughout
Working in a small group means listening, disagreeing well, giving useful feedback and handling nerves in front of others. These are built into how every class runs rather than taught as a separate unit.
Hands on from the first minute
Students spend the hour making, testing and presenting, not listening. Every session is built around an activity they do live, and they leave with a challenge to try before the next class.
Curriculum written in house
Every activity, challenge and lesson plan is developed by us, not licensed from a franchise, so the material is built for the way these classes actually run.
Our courses
Future ready skills, taught live
Ten classes, one hour a week, at two levels. Available as small group or semi private classes. Students take one course or work through all three. Ask us which level suits your child and we'll give you an honest answer.
Grades 6 to 8 · Seniors
Start Your First Business
The same ten class arc with costs, profit and competitors added. Students build a short pitch deck and answer questions about their pricing.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes withPitch and Q&A
Grades 3 to 5 · Juniors
Speak Up
For students who go quiet when it's their turn. Short, low pressure turns every week, building from one sentence to a 90 second talk.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes with90 sec talk
Grades 6 to 8 · Seniors
Speak Up
How to structure an argument, pace it, hold eye contact and handle pushback. Useful for class presentations, debates and interviews.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes with4 min talk and Q&A
Grades 3 to 5 · Juniors
AI Creator Mode
Students invent characters, generate images and stories, and build a small project of their own step by step. Playful, fast, and no experience needed.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes withA project they built
Grades 6 to 8 · Seniors
AI Creator Mode
Students take their own project from idea to finished, learning to break a big goal into instructions a tool can follow, and to catch it when it invents things.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes withTheir own build
Grades 3 to 5 · Juniors
Focus and Calm
Practical ways to settle a busy mind and get started on something hard. Students try simple techniques live each class and work out which ones actually work for them.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes withOwn focus toolkit
Grades 6 to 8 · Seniors
Focus and Calm
Holding attention in a world designed to take it. Managing pressure before a presentation or a test, and building study habits that survive a phone in the room.
- Length10 × 60 min
- FormatSmall group
- Finishes withOwn focus toolkit
Group classes need a minimum number of students to run. If a class doesn't fill, we'll email you before the start date and you'll get first pick of the next term, or the option to switch to semi private.
Levels by grade
The same course, pitched for the age
Both levels run a full hour. What changes is how the hour is structured, how much support students get, and what they hand in at the end.
Grades
3-5
Juniors
More structure and more support. The hour runs as five shorter blocks with a stand up break partway through, so nobody sits still for too long.
- Guided hands on activity each class
- Guided activities with close support
- Shorter final presentation
- Pairs and small group work
Grades
6-8
Seniors
The harder version with the scaffolding removed. The hour runs as three longer blocks with more time to work independently and critique each other.
- Independent activities plus a challenge between classes
- Independent projects
- Longer presentation with questions
- Peer feedback each week
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Courses2
Levels per course10
Classes per course2
Formats: group or semi privateCommon questions
How our classes work
How much do courses cost?
Pricing depends on the course and the format you choose. Send us a note through the form below and we'll reply with current pricing and the next start dates. Discounts are available for siblings, friends enrolling together, and students taking a second course in the same term.
How do classes run?
All classes are live on video, once a week for ten weeks, one hour each session. Nothing is pre recorded. Classes run on evenings and weekends.
What does my child need?
A laptop or tablet with a camera, something to write with, and paper or a notebook. Any materials for a particular activity are simple household items, and we tell you in advance. Nothing else to buy.
Is there homework?
Yes, but not worksheets. After each class students get an activity challenge to try during the week, usually something practical they can do in twenty minutes or so. They bring the result back to the next class and share it with the group.
Do the courses include social and emotional learning?
Yes, woven through rather than taught separately. Every class asks students to explain their thinking, listen to someone else's, give feedback kindly and handle the nerves that come with presenting. That covers self awareness, self management, working with others and responsible decision making. Focus and Calm goes deepest on the self awareness and self management side.
Where can students join from?
Anywhere. Classes are live online, so we teach students across Canada and the United States. Class times are listed in Eastern Time, and we run evening and weekend slots to suit different time zones.
Can my child take more than one course?
Yes. Courses run in parallel across the term, so a student can take two at once on different evenings, or work through all four over the year. Many families start with one and add a second the following term.
Which level is right for my child?
Juniors is built for grades 3 to 5 and Seniors for grades 6 to 8, but the right fit sometimes sits either side of that. Tell us your child's grade and a little about them and we'll recommend a level.
What if we miss a class?
Courses build from class to class, so get in touch and we'll send the activity your child missed along with a short catch up note. Most students rejoin the following week without falling behind.
What is the difference between group and semi private?
Group classes are small by design, so students learn from each other's ideas and get used to speaking in front of others. Semi private classes are smaller again and suit students who want more individual attention or a gentler start. Ask us which would suit your child.
Free intro workshop
Try a class before you enrol
Every month we run a free 45 minute workshop where students invent a business from scratch, come up with a name for it, and pitch it to the group. It's a real Comet Skills class in miniature, so you can see how we teach before committing to a course.
Open to grades 3 to 8. No preparation needed.
- 45 minutes, live on video
- Completely free, no obligation
- Runs monthly, evenings and weekends
- Students leave with an idea of their own
Help your child build skills that last
Tell us your child's grade and what you're hoping they get out of it, and we'll recommend a course and a level.
Ask about a courseGet in touch
Tell us a bit about your child
Send this and we'll reply with current pricing, the next start dates, and which level we'd recommend. If a course isn't the right fit, we'll say so.
Discounts are available for siblings, friends enrolling together, and second courses in the same term. Just mention it in your note.
Are you a school or organization?
We also develop custom K-12 curriculum, workbooks and teaching resources for schools, districts, publishers and education organizations.