CreateAskate
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10. -
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Common Sense says
Nonprofit teaches kids life skills by making skateboards.
Why We Rated This
for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About CreateAskate
This safe informational site is the home of skateboard manufacturer Paul Schmitt’s nonprofit CreateAskate project, a school program designed to get kids excited about learning. The site offers interesting background info on skateboarding and details about the create-a-skateboard program. School administrators -- not kids -- may register at the site and order skateboard materials, which cost just $15 per student. Schmitt, who began making his own skateboards at the age of 14, founded CreateAskate to teach kids basic math, science, and art concepts and give them a sense of accomplishment.
Read our full review by Carla Thornton
Families Can Talk About
- Discuss how CreateAskate is open to any boy or girl enrolled in a shop or art class at their junior high or high school. Anyone can take the class and learn valuable concepts that will come in handy later in life.
- Discuss other ways for kids to exercise their creativity. Read Creating With Digital Media.

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