Making Money Count
TowneBank offers local elementary schools and homeschool groups FREE lessons and resources designed to build a foundation of responsible financial habits. Our lesson is written specifically for 2nd grade. Many first and second grade Standard of Learning (SOL) objectives are incorporated – including economics, math, literature, and oral language. Over 113,000 Richmond area second graders have been taught since the program began in 2010. TowneBank is proud to continue the legacy of financial literacy.
Resources
Suggested Books
- A Penny's Worth, Kimberly Wilson | Activity Pages
- A Dollar's Grand Dream, Kimberly Wilson | Activity Pages
- J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, J. Dillard
- Judy Moody was in a Mood, Megan McDonald
- Dog Days, Karen English
- Cleo Edison Oliver, CEO Playground Millionaire, Sundee T. Frazier
- The Lemonade War, Jacqueline Davies
- The Toothpaste Millionaire, Jean Merrill
- Lunch Money, Andrew Clements
- The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense, Stan & Jan Berenstain
- Ella Earns Her Own Money, Lisa Bullard
- Lily Learns about Wants and Needs, Lisa Bullard
- Bunny Money, Rosemary Wells
- The Coin Counting Book, Rozanne Lanczak Williams
- The Everything Kids' Money Book: Earn it, save it an watch it grow!, Brette McWhorter Sember
- Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids, Gail Karlitz and Debbie Honig
- Isabel's Car Wash, Shelia Bair
- Just Saving Money, Mercer Mayer
- Money $ense for Kids, Hollis Page Harman
- One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money, (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library), Bonnie Worth
- One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (CitizenKid), Katie Smith Milway
- Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock, Shelia Bair
- Sweet Potato Pie, Kathleen D. Lindsey and Charlotte Riley-Webb
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