Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Student Storybook (Financial Fitness for Life)

FINANCIAL FITNESS FOR LIFE: K-2: POCKET POWER STORIES TO ACCOMPANY POCKET POWER Table of Contents Story 1: A Very Good Day Story 2: Penny's New Business Story 3: What Is Money? Story 4: Oh, What To Do? Story 5: Spend Or Save? Story 6: A Savings Problem Story 7: Saving Requires Waiting Story 8: Nicholas Has Many Wants Story 9: Nicholas Decides to Spend Story 10: The Shopping Trip Story 11: The Ad Made Me Do It Story 12: The Young Borrowers Story 13: The Young Lender Story 14: Empty Pockets Story 15: A Budget for Nicholas Story 16: Success! Pocket Power is an enhanced learning system for personal finance economics education that appeals to young children at all learning levels. The 16 creative lessons include background information, preparation materials, student activities, and assessments to promote active learning. All lessons are tied to standards for personal finance, economics, literature, and mathematics literacy. An illustrated Student Storybook highlights topics covered in each lesson and a Parent's Guide allows for additional reinforcement in the home. A companion web-site offers further information on the series and sample activities. Teach students: The value of an education The benefits of saving How advertising affects spending What credit means How to manage money

Also available:

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Student Workouts - ISBN 1561835439
Financial Fitness for Life: Examiner's Manual - Grades 3-5 - ISBN 1561835269

The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.

Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:

- Establishing and building credit

- Managing personal finances

- Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level

- Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.