In this lesson, the book, Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money, by Stan and Jan Berenstain, is used to teach students about saving money, banks, and interest.

In this lesson, the book, The Penny Pot, by Stuart J. Murphy, is used to teach students about choices, producers and consumers, and counting money.

In this lesson, students use the book Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst, to learn about opportunity cost, goods and services, incentives, and saving. Students complete worksheets on decision making and choice and play a sorting game with goods and services.

In this lesson, the book, The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense, by Stan and Jan Berenstain, is used to teach students about about money management and checking accounts.

In this lesson, the book, The Case of the Shruken Allowance, by Joanne Rockin, is used to teach students about labor, earn income, saving, creating budgets, and equivalent amounts of money. Students complete worksheets on labor and budgets.

This resource explains the concept of giving to others that have less than you do in America and in the world. There are additional links on this site for ways to give, ways to help, and ways to share.

In this lesson, students will learn that characters in the book "A Chair for My Mother" are human resources who save part of the income they earn. Students will identify other human resources and state how the mental and physical work of those human resources allows them to earn an income. Finally, students name strategies to reach a savings goal.

In this lesson, students examine spending and saving decisions related to the book, Kermit the Hermit, a crab who wished to repay a poor boy's kindness but couldn't figure out how.

This guide is intended for use with the lesson "Making Spending Decisions." In this lesson, students will be able to make guided, money-related decisions about how to spend money.

In this lesson, students will be able to make guided, money-related decisions about how to spend money.

This site provides students, ages 3-5, with information about things they need to know to live financially smart lives. Activities are listed under each milestone they are introduced to such as needing money to buy things, you earn money by working, you may have to wait before you can buy something you want, and there is a difference between things you want and things you need.

This site provides students, ages 3-5, with information about things they need to know to live financially smart lives. Activities are listed under each milestone they are introduced to such as needing money to buy things, you earn money by working, you may have to wait before you can buy something you want, and there is a difference between things you want and things you need.

In this lesson, students learn about the act of saving and how the accumulation of money saved is termed savings. They are read a story about a family that saves and how savings can be used to make a large purchase the family would not ordinarily be able to make. They recognize that there is an opportunity cost to saving, as well as an opportunity cost to spending.

These questions are used to discuss saving, savings, and opportunity cost in the story, Something Special for Me.

In this lesson, students share one chapter from Henry and Beezus, by Beverly Cleary, to learn about exchange, market, price, and spending. They complete a worksheet on checking accounts and analyze the costs of using a credit card.

This guide is intended for use with the lesson "Spending Plans." In this lesson, students will understand the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share." Students will understand that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for different purposes.

In this lesson, students will understand the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share." Students will understand that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for different purposes.

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of knowing about money and banks.