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Meet Salvador and Sonia, two squirrel friends with a lesson to teach about wise saving and planning for the future. See what happens when Salvador plays more than he plans for winter, while Sonia thinks ahead. Children are never too young to begin valuable lessons for budgeting and saving. These animal friends provide a simple way for children to understand the importance of planning today for what tomorrow may bring. Hep young economists begin a savings plan and watch how it grows as they “squirrel” money away for a rainy day. Planting the seeds of economy will grow into a mighty lesson that will last a lifetime.
In this issue young investors will:
- Read informational text about saving for future needs
- Understand the difference between wants and needs
- Learn to make a simple saving plan
- Use the newspaper to locate numbers for skip counting
- Write a silly want ad for squirrel housing
- Write creatively about your discovery of a money tree
- Follow visual directions to draw Sonia Squirrel
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