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Financial Tips For Teens And Tweens

My students need 2-3 copies each of 11 financial literacy for kids books, including "Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids" and "The Kids Guide to Money Cents".

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Teaching tweens and teens the basic concepts of spending habits, budgeting, investing, donating, and earning money is even more important today given our county's current economic situation.

As late tweens and early teens, my 7th grade students are bombarded with advertisements and marketing campaigns. Research shows that they are the number one age group for "spenders" in this country. We have entertainment companies and retail stores that cater only to this narrow age span. These children must learn to spend and manage their money (and their parents' money!)wisely. Many Middle School level student have difficulty utilizing non-fiction materials. In Elementary grades, they are mainly exposed to fiction materials. The layout, writing style, and reading levels of non- fiction materials can be quite challenging to a 7th grade student. In order to help my students, I try to keep a variety of non-fiction materials in the classroom. I have purchased several magazine subscriptions and have some books to choose from as well. We do SSR--silent sustained reading on a daily basis for 20 minutes. I try to choose books and periodicals that are high interest to this age group. These students are very interested in money, of course. They enjoy learning about the dynamics of the stock market, how savings accounts really work, and what interest on a credit card really costs you.

I am requesting several non-fiction books such as "Motley Fool's Guide to Money for Teens" and the "Teen Girl's Guide to Money". All of the books are basic guides that give an overview of various aspects of money.

I currently have 2 copies of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Money for Teens" and they are always gone off the shelf. I know that there is both the need and, most importantly, the desire for students to attain financial literacy at an early age. You will make it possible for my students to begin learning the basic skills they will need to be financially responsible citizens in the future.

Ms. Wood Jenks Middle School Grades 6-8

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Half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The New Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids Arthur Bochner, Rose Bochner, Foreword by Adriane G. Berg • Barnes and Noble $8.95 3 $26.85
A Smart Girl's Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, and Spend It Nancy Holyoke, Ali Douglass (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 2 $17.90
Story of Money Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
The Kids Guide to Money Cents Keltie Thomas, Steve Maceachern, Stephen MacEachern (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 2 $26.90
Kids' Everything Money: From Saving to Spending to Investing - Learn All about Money! Diane Mayr • Barnes and Noble $7.15 3 $21.45
Kids' Money Book: Earning Saving Spending Investing Donating Jamie Kyle McGillian, Ian Phillips (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 3 $16.05
Teen Girl's Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: Getting Smart About Making It, Saving It, and Spending It! Jessica Blatt, Variny Paladino, Cynthia Frenette (Illustrator), With Variny Paladino • Barnes and Noble $8.05 3 $24.15
Everything Kids' Money Book Brette McWhorter Sember • Barnes and Noble $7.15 3 $21.45
A Kid's Guide to Earning Money Tamra Orr • Barnes and Noble $26.95 2 $53.90
Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids Gail Karlitz, Debbie Honig • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of David Gardner, Neil David, A. L. David • Barnes and Noble $13.45 2 $26.90

Materials cost

$264.31

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.43

Sales tax

 $11.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$326.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.56

Total project goal

$397.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $397.56

2 Donors

-$397.56

Donations toward project cost

-$326.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.56

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