READ AND PLAY

Read & Play

by Jennifer Galvin

Money and Math Read and Play

Money and math—save, spend, or share. What to do with money? Spend it and it’s gone, save it and you can buy something you really want or need later. Share it and you can help others! Invest some time checking out these great money books and activities to get you on the right financial track. Soon your child will be pinching pennies with the best of them!

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Five Little Monkeys: Count and Trace Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $7.99; ages babypreschool) by Eileen Christelow Count to ten with the five little monkeys in this adorable count and trace board book. Children will love the interactive flaps and tracing in this book!

Peg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem Candlewick Entertainment, $5.99; ages 3-7) by Jennifer Oxley & Billy Aronson Peg and Cat start selling lemonade for 10 marbles, but no one is buying. They lower the price, but still no buyers. What will they have to do to sell the lemonade? How will they get any marbles? Find out in this fabulous book about markets all based on a lemonade stand and a lot of fun! My Rows and Piles of Coins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99; ages 5-9) by Tololwa M. Mollel Saruni dreams of buying a red and blue bicycle so he can help his mother carry heavy goods to the market. He saves his coins in his secret money box until they are heavy and then takes them to the bicycle man. Will they be enough? Find out in this beautifully illustrated story that celebrates saving, family, and the power of persistence!

Stars & Poppy Seeds Tate, $16.99; ages 4-8) by Romana Romanyshyn & Andriy Lesiv lora loves to count things. She counts everything, until one days she tries to count the stars and realizes there are just too many. She works at it with her formulas, but even they aren’t enough. Her mum, tells her she can accomplish anything if she just takes smalls steps and

Flora falls asleep dreaming of millions and trillions of stars. Even includes a list of famous mathematicians and places to go to explore the world of mathematics at the end.

A Bike Like Sergio’s Candlewick Press, $6.99; ages 5-8) by Maribeth Boelts Ruben wants to ask for a bike for his birthday, but knows that wishing for one won’t make the money to buy it just appear. He finds what he thinks is a dollar and keeps it, but later finds out it is actually a hundred dollar bill—enough for the bike. Now Ruben has a dilemma, should he keep it, or return it to the person who lot it? Find out what Ruben does in this great book about money!

Emmy in the Key of Code Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99; ages 8-12) by Aimee Lucido Emmy’s dad gets a new job and she has to move. She’s also the only one in her family that isn’t good at music. She’s worried she will never fit in. Until she finds out about coding and suddenly everything starts to make sense—music, coding, and life. Then, her coding teacher gets sick and life takes a turn for the worse. Can she finish her project in time? And will she ever really feel like she fits in? Find out in this fabulous book written in verse—you won’t want to put it down until you finish!

Make a house for your money

Materials: A clean, empty quart milk carton, construction paper, markers, glue, and scissors. Directions: Paper clip the top of the milk carton closed so you can open it to get money in and out. Glue construction paper around the sides of the milk carton. Cut brown pieces to cover the top so it will look like a roof. Staple these “roof” pieces into place. Be careful not to staple where your paper clip is or you won’t be able to open your bank. You can move the paper clip to the outside to help hold on your “roof” paper. Cut a small money slit on one side of the “roof” of your money house. Decorate your money house with markers. You may even want to make three different “houses,” so you have one house for saving, one for spending, and one for sharing.

Sponge paint with dollars and cents

Materials: A sponge, scissors, a permanent marker, construction paper, green tempera paint, a paper plate. Directions: Draw a dollar sign and a cent sign onto your sponge. Carefully cut them out for your child. Put a bit of green paint out on a paper plate and let him paint with dollars and cents to his heart’s content.

Visit your local bank and ask about savings accounts for children

Materials: Time and your child’s allowance Directions: If your child has built up quite bit of savings in their bank in their room, you might want to help her open a savings account at your local bank. Many banks have special savings account plans especially for children. Call your local bank and ask what you and your child need to do to open an account and then take her down to the bank and help her open an account. You might even help your child purchase a savings bond. She can save to buy half and you can match that so she will be able to have some more permanent savings.

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