What Can You Do with Money?: Earning, Spending, and Saving (Lightning Bolt Books: Exploring Economics (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (999 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761356665 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children Yana V. Rodgers Younger students enter school with an experience-based knowledge of economics and the ability to learn a range of basic principles. Early introduction of key economics principles provides an important set of tools that form the building blocks of economic and financial literacy. This idea underlies the increased availability of interesting children's books to help younger learners gain a basi. a person said Watch the Vocabulary!. Looking at the preview was enough to keep me away from this book. Younger kids will be confused by how they describe goods and services. Goods are things you can touch, but services are activities that are done for you--like cutting your hair or walking a dog. Their example of a service was selling cookies, but a cookie is a good. Looking for a better book that has clearer use of vocab.. Excellent Kiwisteph Used this with our common core ELA and Social Studies unit in first grade and along with the other texts in this series it worked very well.
This basic introduction to earning and spending explains how people earn incomes in exhange for their work and skill. It then explains the economic choices people make in saving or spending their income.
Clear, age-appropriate language explains new concepts well: “When someone works at a paid job, he or she earns money. A caption in What Is Money, Anyway? states that “People trade goods at swap meets,” which may confuse readers who only know swap meets as a place to buy merchandise. The everyday-life examples will demonstrate to children that they can play a vital role in the economic world. Each title includes an activity such as making a spend-or-save list to help decide what to do with birthday money. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Report writers will value her longer paragraphs with detailed coverage including history and global issues. This money is called income.” Simple paragraphs of two to four short sentences appear in large colored fonts against bright backgrounds that change color with every page. From School Library Journal K-Gr 2–These books o
Jennifer Larson is Associate Professor of Classics at Kent State University.