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Managing Your Money: Personal Finance for Kids
SKU
033610
ISBN
9781953845184
Grade 6-8
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Charlotte Mason
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Description
Middle school and junior high students need personal finance skills! Let them learn all the basics of managing money (earning, spending, saving, and advanced money managing) in a fun format with comic strip pages and cute characters throughout. They’ll even learn about concepts such as inflation, compound interest, and investments! This Kumon worktext is consumable with lots of blank spaces where students write out thoughts, answer questions, and solve problems to help them learn this important life-long skill. Answers are in the back section, along with a glossary of important terms to aid understanding. 128 pgs, pb.
Publisher's Description of Managing Your Money: Personal Finance for Kids
Managing Your Money is designed to teach tweens who are just beginning to earn and spend money independently the basics of personal finance, including earning, saving, budgeting, and investing.
Each topic is introduced in a friendly and inviting comic book format. Tweens will learn everything they need to know to responsibly earn, spend, and save money, use credit, open a bank account, and plan for their future.
Managing Your Money is also chock full of fun and challenging activities that require readers to apply some math skills, do their own research, and create plans to achieve their financial goals.
In an age where most children no longer learn the basics of home economics in the classroom, Managing Your Money bridges a vital knowledge gap.
Topics covered include:
EARNING
- Careers
- Salary and hourly work
- Social security, income tax and other benefits
- Gross income and net income
SPENDING
- Being a smart shopper
- Budgeting
- Methods of payment
- Taxes and tips
SAVING
- Ways to save
- Interest
- Inflation
- Setting goals
ADVANCED MONEY MANAGEMENT
- Credit cards
- Loans
- Investing
- Insurance
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Kumon Publishers |
| Grades: | 6-8 |
| ISBN: | 9781953845184 |
| Length in Inches: | 9.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 8 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.375 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.75 |
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