Book Overview

The Financial Fitness for Life® grades 3-5 Teacher Guide and Student Storybook each contain 15 lessons. Lessons for elementary school students emphasize narrative drama, and physical representations of economics and personal finance concepts. Specific to grades 3-5 are a variety of activities, including a guessing game using clues to identify various occupations; the story Urban Mouse and Rural Mouse which teaches students about entrepreneurs and opportunity recognition; and a role-playing activity in which students learn which method of payment is appropriate in a variety of situations.