At my school "Tucker Elementary" the third graders have a huge economics lesson on free markets, supply and demand, with a culminating "May Market" project. Each student has to make a product, advertise, and price accordingly. Then second graders get to "shop". So every 2nd and 3rd grader is earning money for the market......i.e. Tucker Bucks! I had some in my purse that Ansley discovered and began asking all about. Turns out that she wants to earn Tucker Bucks too and so does Mia. These have been highly motivating for good choices and listening. Ansley made the connection tonight stating, "Hey these look like dollars". Yep.....a vocabulary lesson, bucks and dollars mean the same thing! Mia was counting all of hers in Spanish! Learning Rocks!
