The Money Maze – Classroom Edition

Description

Grades 5-8+

The Money Maze, Don’t Get Lost in the Middle, is a Core Curriculum/ TEKS aligned financial literacy text and workbook for grades 5 – 8. Introduce your students to the concepts of handling their money, and then use the worksheets for ‘hands on’ learning! Included websites and calculations will help your students learn to successfully manage their money.

Learning key strategies to handle your money now will allow you to create a balanced future and help you get through the Money Maze – Point A to Point B – without too many detours! In this book you will learn about and how to:

• Make and balance a budget
• Paychecks & W2s
• Checking accounts and Debit Cards
• See how credit card interest really works
• Save thousands when buying a house
• How to buy a car
• Learn why you must start saving early – compound interest
• 401ks
• Roth IRAs

This book is written for an education level of 5th to 8th grade, however, it is the perfect book for ESL classes, GED classes, new immigrant classes, adults working on GED’s, generational poverty students, and any one else who has  minimal training in finances.