Elementary Financial Literacy Economics

Welcome welcome to Wild and Unstructured Learning!  Our classes are hands on and built so you can use your creativity!  In this class learners can come together in a group to learn about financial literacy.  Economics in our understanding is one of the most left out subjects.  Why is that?  The world, yes the whole thing, revolves around money.  Money isn't a bad thing.  Its not a good thing.  It is whatever we make it based on our feelings about it.  Let's learn and feel empowered when making financial decisions.  Lets learn all we can learn about choices, money and hard decisions sooner rather than later.  Join us!  Teachers in this class are all hands on and interactive.  Children will have time to discuss all of their thoughts with teacher and the class. 


Topics by week:

Week of September 2nd- Choices
Week of September 9th- Goods
Week of September 16th- Services
Week of September 23rd- Earning
Week of September 30th- Saving
Week of October 7th- Spending
Week of October 14th- Scarcity
Week of October 21st- Banks: what are they?
Week of October 28th- Wants
Week of November 4th- Needs
Week of November 11th- Producers
Week of November 18th- Consumers
Week of November 25th- NO CLASS Fall Break
Week of December 2nd- Coin Money: what is it? how is it made?
Week of December 9th- Paper Money: what is it? how is it made?
Week of December 16th- Mock Shopping Trip
Week of December 23rd- NO CLASS Winter Break
Week of December 30th- NO CLASS Winter Break
Week of January 6th- Decision Making
Week of January 13th- Supply
Week of January 20th- Demand
Week of January 27th- Running my own business
Week of February 3rd- Counting Coin Money
Week of February 10th- Counting Paper Money
Week of February 17th- Counting Money
Week of February 24th- Grocery Store Shopping
Week of March 3rd- Budgeting
Week of March 10th- Bartering
Week of March 17th- Cost & Benefit
Week of March 24th- Banking: Saving Accounts & Interest
Week of March 31st- What is the economy?
Week of April 7th- Banking: Loans
Week of April 14th- Banking: Debit Cards
Week of April 21st- Credit Cards
Week of April 28th- Counting Money
Week of May 5th- Toy Store Shopping
Week of May 12th- What are coupons, discounts, and sales?
Week of May 19th- Spending on a Budget
Week of May 26th- Human Resources
Week of June 2nd- Natural Resources
Week of June 9th- Capital Resources
Week of June 16th- Products: Shortage and Surplus
Week of June 23rd- Counting Money
Week of June 30th- Clothing Store Shopping
Week of July 7th- Trading
Week of July 14th- Charity
Week of July 21st- Planning for a Pet
Week of July 28th- Counting Money
Week of August 4th- Choices
Week of August 11th- Setting a Financial Goal
Week of August 18th- Planning for a Trip