Parents
Do you want to teach your child or students about money in a fun and memorable way?
Do you want to help them master the basic skills of adding and subtracting money with confidence?
Do you want to give them a solid foundation for financial literacy and math success?
Say goodbye to the confusion caused by fast-paced textbooks and lessons that often leave struggling students feeling overwhelmed and disheartened.
Designed with both parents and schools in mind, “Money, Money, Money” workbook serves as a stepping stone towards a solid foundation in money management and math skills.
Features:
- 🌟 Engaging and Accessible: This workbook introduces money concepts in an engaging and relatable manner that children can easily comprehend and parents can confidently explain.
- 🌟 Build Essential Skills: Foster your child’s confidence in money matters. Through practical exercises and relatable examples, children will develop the essential skills of adding and subtracting money with precision.
- 🌟 Real-Life Relevance: Make learning meaningful! Our lessons are enriched with real-life applications that demonstrate the practical use of money concepts, ensuring that your child grasps the importance of financial literacy from an early age.
- 🌟 Differentiated Instruction: We recognize that every child learns differently. Our workbook employs a variety of teaching methods to accommodate different learning styles, ensuring that every child can thrive in their money-learning journey.
- 🌟 Music and Activities: Immerse your child in the world of money with original rap music and engaging activities available on mathseals.com. Learning has never been this fun!
They will also discover:
- đź“š Cents as Fractional Value: Discover the fascinating concept of cents as a fraction of a dollar, setting the stage for understanding the true value of money.
- 🪙 Recognizing Common Coins: Dive into the world of the four most common U.S. money coins: penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Through interactive exercises, your child will confidently distinguish between these coins and their respective values.
- đź’˛ Writing Cents with Precision: Master the art of expressing cents in written form using both the dollar and cents signs, ensuring your child is well-versed in articulating monetary values accurately.
Don’t miss out on this transformative learning opportunity – grab your copy now and unlock the world of financial literacy for your child’s bright future!
Parent/Teacher Engagement
- The “Math Adventures at Home: A Playful Journey to Strengthen Math Skills” incentive program is a great way to introduce and incorporate math mastery throughout the entire school year! Math Adventures at Home, a collection of exciting and interactive math activities designed to turn learning into a thrilling adventure for students and their families. With these activities, they’ll embark on a journey combining the magic of exploration with the power of numbers, all from the comfort of their home. We aim to help your students develop foundational solid math skills, enhance problem-solving abilities, and cultivate a positive attitude toward mathematics through hands-on activities. Activities include: The Change Challenge; Coin Quest; Shape Safari; Math in the Kitchen, Measurement Mystery; Home Store; tips for success; extension activities on financial literacy; and more.Â
- Use the Money, Money, Money Complete Store Experience at your next Parent/Educator math night!
- Parents can review and practice the educational songs with scholars before the event: “Penny and Three Silvers” for levels 2-5 and “Decimal Point Checkpoint” for levels 6-8. Send the YouTube link on the invitation!
- Children show off the money skills they’ve learned by shopping with their parents during the school store experience. The teachers take on the role of the cashiers [Schools may choose to setup a one-day store to sell: groceries, candy, school supplies, baked goods, clothing, etc.- whatever you choose!].
- Parents continue to assess, review, and teach their child(ren) about money with their “Money, Money, Money” workbooks at home, reaching new levels.
- Enroll your school in our engaging Cash FLOWs (Financial Literacy Outreach Workshops) to help facilitate financial discussions among your students and their families in a way that’s fun, and easy to understand. Cash FLOWs (Financial Literacy Outreach Workshops) are a friendly introduction to financial literacy for families. They challenge both kids and adults to look into the mirror and realize that the keys to their financial future are not going to be handed to them. Rather, they must quantify their “big dreams” with smart financial plans.Here are a few more remarks from workshop participants about the Cash FLOWs Workshops.
“I learned the difference between a need and a want.”
-Anonymous Student
“I had fun!”
-Jevon
“I think it’s a wonderful program for our
youth.”
– Parent
“I learned how to set goals and
deadlines to make sure I achieve them.”
-Jovay
“Everything you want to do costs
money.”
-Adam
“Kids need this to learn how to handle
finances.”
-Kevin, parent
“The
PowerPoint was designed nicely and the
activity required one’s personal goals. Financial planning is very important.”
-Danielle
“I learned that when you pay your bills late, it affects your credit.”
-Erykah
Classrooms
The Marketplace 4 Change Academy (M4C Academy) is a great tool for math intervention programs. The curriculum offers engaging lessons that incorporate all seven learning styles: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, verbal, logical, social, and solitary. M4C takes the toughest math standards, and provides tech-flexible and engaging instruction and lessons to encourage student success.
Our project-based learning system empowers young students to accept responsibility for their learning, and it encourages creativity while maintaining accountability. Very little reading is required in Math with Money skills packages, and the questions and assignments have a read aloud feature available. The lessons appeal to various learning styles (audio, visual, kinetics, etc.), and include gamification components for extra motivation. This coursework utilizes portfolio-based assessments, as well as quizzes and reporting for accountability.
Skills/Standards
At the core of M4C Academy is research-based education. This curriculum is designed to teach and reinforce the most challenging and necessary math concepts. The curriculum encourages students to train and practice to achieve within the set standards. The lessons are designed to help your scholars reach common core math standards and higher levels of complexities of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Here is a detailed list of skills/standards for young scholars in grades 3-5.