Free PreK-12 lesson plans, activities, and resources
Teaching Elementary Economics
This category includes elementary economic material for primary education, kindergarten through 6th grade. These lessons, lesson plans, and worksheets will introduce your students to consumer economics and very basic economic principles, while reinforcing other basic skills such as money recognition and basic math. This introduction to economics for early learners includes topics such as: what money is, where it comes from, and what we do with it. Earning money, spending money, and saving money. With the following lessons, and your review, students should understand goods and services, needs and wants, and the difference between producers and consumers.