Teaching Elementary Economics Lesson Plans, Kids, Children

INTRODUCTION TO MONEY	LESSON PLAN: INTRODUCTION TO MONEY An introduction to money lesson plan: What is money, how do you get it, and what do you use it for. This lesson is a good introduction to the concept of money.	SPEND, SAVE AND SHARE	LESSON PLAN: SPEND, SAVE, AND SHARE This lesson teaches students about the difference between spending, saving, and sharing while setting goals.

NEEDS OR WANTS	Needs or Wants An important economic concept is understanding the difference between needs and wants.	GOODS AND SERVICES	Goods and Services Identify workers providing goods and services.

OPPORTUNITY COST	Opportunity Cost Elementary introduction to the basic economics concept of opportunity cost. Make decisions regarding opportunity costs.	PAYING FOR FOOD	* Paying for Food Practice spending money skills .

WHAT CAN WE BUY?	What can we buy? Purchasing items with coins.	GETTING PAID FOR CHORES	Getting Paid for Chores Understand how you may get money.

COIN SHOPPING MATCH	Coin Shopping Match Practice matching coin amounts to items.	CHILDREN'S BUDGET WORKSHEET	Children's Budget Worksheet Use these worksheets to teach basic budget concepts. Even a child should understand basic personal finance concepts.

BUYING FOOD AND GETTING CHANGE	Buying Food and Getting Change Practice spending money skills and getting back change.		What is Money? - Lesson Plan Students become acquainted with money. Lesson includes learning about money as an exchange tool to purchase goods, and developing responsible attitudes and appreciation of money. Includes play store activity.
CLASSROOM ECONOMY - MONEYINSTRUCTOR-NOMICS
	Classroom Economy: MoneyInstructor-nomics A series of lessons for creating and implementing a classroom economy. These lessons take students through the process of introducing currency into a classroom economy, applying for classroom jobs, opening a business, and paying taxes.


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	EARNING MONEY Teach and learn about earning and making money. Learn different ways that people make money. Practice reading and understanding earnings statements and time card sheets, income, health insurance, deductions, and other lessons related to earning and making money. Money worksheets, lessons, and lesson plans.

	SPENDING MONEY Worksheets and Lessons with a spending money theme. Students practice their spending money skills by using these spending money worksheets and lessons. Spending money is an interesting topic to use while reinforcing students' basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and other skills such as reading comprehension. Learn consumer math skills..

	PAYING TAXES Teach your students tax basics. Do your students know what taxes are? These worksheets and lessons may be used to help teach your students tax basics. Use them to help students understand what are taxes, why do we pay taxes, and what taxes are used for, while reinforcing basic math and reading comprehension.

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ELEMENTARY ECONOMICS LESSONS