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Kindergarten Business & Finance

A gentle first year of work, money and trade for five- and six-year-olds, told through true stories from Adam in the garden and the first coins of Lydia to Milton Hershey’s chocolate and the carpenter who made LEGO, with real coins, a pretend shop and a family market day at the end.

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What to cover

32 of 36 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.

Unit 1: Work and Helping

  • MUST COVER 1.1 God Made Us to Work · unit test
  • MUST COVER 1.2 Needs and Wants · unit test
  • MUST COVER 1.3 Jobs in Our Town · unit test
  • MUST COVER 1.4 Goods and Services · unit test

Unit 2: Money

  • MUST COVER 2.1 Trading Before Money · unit test
  • MUST COVER 2.2 King Croesus and the First Coins · unit test
  • MUST COVER 2.3 Whose Picture Is on the Coin? · unit test
  • MUST COVER 2.4 Pennies, Nickels, Dimes and Quarters · unit test

Unit 3: Markets

  • MUST COVER 3.1 The Farmers’ Market · unit test
  • MUST COVER 3.2 When There Is a Lot and When There Is a Little · unit test
  • MUST COVER 3.3 Choosing · unit test
  • MUST COVER 3.4 A Pretend Shop · unit test

Unit 4: Great Businesses

  • MUST COVER 4.1 Who Helps Make Our Bread? · unit test
  • MUST COVER 4.2 Milton Hershey’s Chocolate · unit test
  • MUST COVER 4.3 LEGO and the Carpenter · unit test
  • MUST COVER 4.4 Saying Thank You · unit test

Unit 5: Fair Rules

  • MUST COVER 5.1 Fair Pay: The Workers in the Vineyard · unit test
  • MUST COVER 5.2 Honest Scales · unit test
  • MUST COVER 5.3 Keeping Promises · unit test
  • MUST COVER 5.4 Helpers Who Keep Shops Safe and Fair · unit test

Unit 6: Making and Selling

  • MUST COVER 6.1 An Idea That Helps Someone · unit test
  • MUST COVER 6.2 Planning a Lemonade Stand · unit test
  • MUST COVER 6.3 Telling the Truth About What You Sell · unit test
  • MUST COVER 6.4 A Sign and a Smile · unit test

Unit 7: Counting Money

  • MUST COVER 7.1 What Each Coin Is Worth · unit test
  • MUST COVER 7.2 Adding Up a Sale · unit test
  • MUST COVER 7.3 A Tally Chart of What We Sold · unit test
  • MUST COVER 7.4 Money In and Money Out · unit test

Unit 8: Save, Spend, Give

  • MUST COVER 8.1 Three Jars: Give, Save and Spend · unit test
  • MUST COVER 8.2 Joseph Saves Grain · unit test
  • MUST COVER 8.3 Waiting for Something Good · unit test
  • MUST COVER 8.4 Market Day · unit test

Unit 9: Bonus: A Tiny Business with a Grown-Up OPTIONAL unit

  • OPTIONAL 9.1 Choose and Plan
  • OPTIONAL 9.2 Make It and Count the Cost
  • OPTIONAL 9.3 Sell It Honestly
  • OPTIONAL 9.4 Count It, Learn from It and Give

36-week pacing calendar

From the course’s own 36-week pacing guide, with catch-up and review weeks added to fill a 36-week (180-day) year.

WeekPlanDoneNotes
Wk 1Session 1: Lesson 1.1 God Made Us to Work: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 2Session 1: Lesson 1.2 Needs and Wants: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 3Session 1: Lesson 1.3 Jobs in Our Town: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 4Session 1: Lesson 1.4 Goods and Services: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 1 review and portfolio project
Wk 5Session 1: Lesson 2.1 Trading Before Money: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 6Session 1: Lesson 2.2 King Croesus and the First Coins: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 7Session 1: Lesson 2.3 Whose Picture Is on the Coin?: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 8Session 1: Lesson 2.4 Pennies, Nickels, Dimes and Quarters: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 2 review and portfolio project
Wk 9Session 1: Lesson 3.1 The Farmers’ Market: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 10Session 1: Lesson 3.2 When There Is a Lot and When There Is a Little: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 11Session 1: Lesson 3.3 Choosing: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 12Session 1: Lesson 3.4 A Pretend Shop: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 3 review and portfolio project
Wk 13Session 1: Lesson 4.1 Who Helps Make Our Bread?: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 14Session 1: Lesson 4.2 Milton Hershey’s Chocolate: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 15Session 1: Lesson 4.3 LEGO and the Carpenter: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 16Session 1: Lesson 4.4 Saying Thank You: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 4 review and portfolio project
Wk 17Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Fair Pay: The Workers in the Vineyard: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 18Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Honest Scales: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 19Session 1: Lesson 5.3 Keeping Promises: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 20Session 1: Lesson 5.4 Helpers Who Keep Shops Safe and Fair: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 5 review and portfolio project
Wk 21Session 1: Lesson 6.1 An Idea That Helps Someone: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 22Session 1: Lesson 6.2 Planning a Lemonade Stand: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 23Session 1: Lesson 6.3 Telling the Truth About What You Sell: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 24Session 1: Lesson 6.4 A Sign and a Smile: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 6 review and portfolio project
Wk 25Session 1: Lesson 7.1 What Each Coin Is Worth: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 26Session 1: Lesson 7.2 Adding Up a Sale: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 27Session 1: Lesson 7.3 A Tally Chart of What We Sold: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 28Session 1: Lesson 7.4 Money In and Money Out: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 7 review and portfolio project
Wk 29Session 1: Lesson 8.1 Three Jars: Give, Save and Spend: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 30Session 1: Lesson 8.2 Joseph Saves Grain: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 31Session 1: Lesson 8.3 Waiting for Something Good: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 32Session 1: Lesson 8.4 Market Day: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 8 review and portfolio project
Wk 33Session 1: Lesson 9.1 Choose and Plan: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 34Session 1: Lesson 9.2 Make It and Count the Cost: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 35Session 1: Lesson 9.3 Sell It Honestly: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 36Session 1: Lesson 9.4 Count It, Learn from It and Give: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 9 review and portfolio project