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Personal Finance Lessons Grades K-2

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 At the Market

Literature Annotation: Through large pictures and primary descriptions, At the Market, takes children to a wide variety of markets where goods can be purchased. It illustrates to young readers that not all markets are grocery stores and includes a Farmers’ Market, Flower Market, Flea Market, Craft Fair and the Mall. Text features include numerous illustrations, a map and a glossary.

  • Grade: K-2

  • Economic Concepts: products, goods, market, transport, consumers

  • Maryland State Curriculum Economics Standard: Students will identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions

My Rows and Piles of Coins

Literature Annotation: A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he saved he does not have enough money.


  • Grade 2

  • Economic Concepts: Consumption 

  • Maryland State Curriculum Economics Standard: Students will identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions.
Our Money


Literature Annotation: Our Money tells about the different ways we pay for things, and the items that we buy with our money.


  • Grade Level: 2
  • Economic Concepts: Goods, Services, Money
  • Maryland State Curriculum Economics Standard: Students will identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions. 

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