Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Books About Generosity for Kids Welcome to generosity week at Meaningful Mama. Today I bring you books about generosity for kids as we progress further in my character development series. Each week we cover a different character trait, and the series is comprised of 52 traits so you can have a focus for each week...Read More

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Needs and wants, goods and services, careers, currency, and choices—all of these topics are included in this economics unit for kindergarten and first grade. This interactive economics folder allows you to teach your social studies economics standards through Common Core English Language Arts standards. This set is a zipped file including a U.S. version as well as a version with Canadian currency! To make the interactive economics folder, you will need one piece of large (12”x18”) construction paper for each student. Contents: Cut and Glue Interactive Folder Elements: Title, Vocabulary Word Wall, Pocket Label, Coin and Currency Guide (with flaps) “Needs and Wants” Flip Book “My Economics Vocabulary Book” Interactive Reader “We Provide Services” Interactive Reader “We Can Buy Goods” Interactive Reader “Going to the Store” Interactive Reader “Pig Saves Money” Emergent Reader Vocabulary Picture Cards – low-ink, paper-saving version (Words Included: needs, wants, goods, services, currency, career, spend, save, choices) Vocabulary Picture Cards – color, larger size 2 Home Activity Sheets (Needs and Wants, Saving) See the preview file for more details. Please feel free to leave questions in the “Ask a Question” tab or email me at [email protected]. I would love to have you as a follower! Click the green star to be the first to know about new products and freebies! Thanks for shopping, Susan Jennings My Happy Place

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Learning about early American history is so much fun when you include living literature. Your students will love this great list of books!

This week’s storytime was all about tools! I have done a construction storytime before (unfortunately prior to the start of this blog) so this was a different take on the same idea. We started with…

“ Capitalism,” a term of disparagement coined by socialists in the mid-nineteenth century, is a misnomer for “economic individualism,” which Adam Smith earlier called “the obvious and simple system of natural liberty” (Wealth of Nations). Economic individualism’s basic premise is that the pursuit of self-interest and the right to own private property are morally defensible […]

Use goods and services picture books to help children understand basic economics principles and buying and selling in the marketplace.

Sorting is an essential skill that students need to learn in their early education years. With this set of sorting mats, students can sort 16 different images by goods or services.  What is included? 2 sorting mats 8 sorting pieces per mat (with and without text to describe object) How do I use this in my classroom? I print on white cardstock, laminate, cut out and add Velcro. During center time or during "free" time, these sorting mats are readily available for students to work on. Depending on ability level, I give the student both sorting mats to work on at once. You can also use the sorting mats to create a file folder activity or game.     Connect with me: • Newsletter • Blog • Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • Don't forget about the green ★ to follow my store to get notifications of new resources and freebies!  Thanks for Looking and Happy Teaching!

After our New Year's unit, we jumped right into Economics! In first grade, the kids are learning about the difference between needs and wants along with goods and services. I used my own Economics unit for the week. We talked about how a need is something you must have to live and a want is something you would like to have. We brainstormed ideas for our webs and the kids filled in their ideas. The next day, we talked about the difference between goods and services. We learned that a good is something you can consume or use while a service is something that someone does for you. The kids did a goods and service sort and then illustrated their own ideas. Along with economics, in math we were reviewing coins and their values along with introducing how to add money. Here is an example of a word problem we did during the week. (Each week my awesome teammate Samantha writes our problems...she is awesome!) We also talked about how when we spend money, we have to make choices. To also review adding money, the kids did an activity where they were given 85 cents and they could buy any toys they want without going over. We also talked about how it's important to buy our basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) before we buy things we want. We talked about saving money and why it's important to save. It was awesome to hear what the kids wanted to save for! :) We ended the week by reviewing what the kids wanted to be when they grow up and what life skills they will need to use in order to do a great job. If you are interested in the unit, please check out my Tpt store or Teacher's Notebook shop! :)

Financial Books for Kids: The Toothpaste Millionaire, a child entrepreneur book teaches business lessons & also see how to make toothpaste.