From the article: Creative Ideas for Teaching Money
Teaching money is the perfect candidate for hands-on learning. Get out the real thing, use play money, or even make your own, but the more realistic the better. Forum members shared their creative tips, now it's your turn. Creative Teaching Tips
Designed an Economics Course
- To teach our oldest a high school level economics course along with home economics I designed this class. She loved to cook and always chose the kitchen chores. We determined what I spent a month on food and kitchen supplies. She was given the task of planning the meals, determining purchases, and preparing the meals. Kara received her feedback from the comments on the meals and was allowed to keep half of any savings over my budget. Kara was working part time along with her high school so the trade off of speed vs cost was very real. Kara was the absolute boss of the kitchen and it was GREAT! We all missed her attention when she started college and had to pass the kitchen back to me. This would only work for a kid that loved to cook but might be adapted to the garage for the boy who would do the oil changes, one who would purchase and repair household items, etc.
- —WYMaryAnn
Making learning fun
- I buy dry-erase markers and let my kids do their work on the windows or kitchen table. It wipes off very easily and they love learning that way.
- —Guest Darlene
Talk about it
- "I didn't introduce money until toward the end of 1st grade. It's easier to understand money once you have covered counting by tens, fives, twos. We use Singapore Math and followed their sequence for covering time and money. Of course, we talk about time and money in our daily life long before the end of first grade, lol." - RippleRiver
- —Guest RippleRiver
