Help me give my students books like
Finance 101 for Kids and Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas! and games such as Budget that will teach them about financial literacy, budgeting, and careers they can work toward.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Della Salla's classroom raised $239
This project is fully funded
My Students
I love my students’ imagination and passion! Their energy for learning is unparalleled, and their enthusiasm is contagious.
My amazing bunch of 28 students comes from different cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds that we celebrate every day.
Each student has a unique and valuable set of experiences and abilities that they contribute to the class. We have worked hard to build bonds with each other and consider our class to be like a family, while our classroom is like a home. Students truly feel safe to be themselves, take risks, and explore.
My Project
According to the 2019 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey, "A majority of U.S. adults, four out of five, indicate that they have tried to purchase a home. Since last year, slightly more people say they have faced obstacles along the road to home ownership. As many as one out of every two Americans 18 and older have encountered some setbacks as they attempted to buy a house. In the past 12 months, nearly 2 in 5 people indicate their household carries such debt from month to month. Few have done something in an attempt to obtain a lower interest rate for their credit card debt, primarily because they are satisfied with their current rates or they had never thought of it. Despite the fact that most are saving at least something for retirement, fewer than 1 in 5 U.S. adults feel very confident – and over 1 in 4 are not confident at all – that they are saving enough. And, when asked what areas of personal finance worry them most, the top response continues to be retiring without having enough money set aside."
I want a better financial future for my students.
The books and games from this project will help students start learning about saving, spending, donating, and investing money in the future. Students growing up in the 21st century have so many expectations and so much to learn in such a short period of time. Having these non-fiction books that include text and graphic features will make learning about finances fun. Students will learn how to apply real life math skills in all four operations in different situations. They will read about taking risks and making wise decisions when it comes to money, education, and careers and then use what the
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