Objective
Teachers will be able to:
- Explore the merits of using three children’s picture books to teach financial literacy and economics.
- Relate the concepts of jobs, earning, spending, goods & services, opportunity cost, entrepreneurship, and decision-making as they pertain to the featured picture book.
- Consider the cross curricular possibilities related to the Social Sciences, Math, Language Arts.
- Examine the lessons and activities provided to support the presented material.
Standards
Concepts
Description
This session features the engaging new children’s book “Sloth & Squirrel in a Pickle” by Cathy Ballou Mealey. With an emphasis on the connection between children’s literature and personal finance, you will be introduced to the tale and lessons and activities created to teach the concepts of jobs, earning, spending, goods & services, opportunity cost, entrepreneurship, and decision-making. Content area connections will be highlighted. Included are classroom-ready lessons, an online link to a YouTube read aloud and an annotated bibliography.