Prepare your teen for fiscal responsibility and beyond with this collection:

Never before has there been a time when the economy has been so much a part of our daily lives. Today's young investors want to know the basics of finance--especially how to make money grow. This complete guide explains in kid-friendly terms all about savings accounts, bonds, stocks, and even mutual funds!

"I'll never get out of this financial mess until I follow a budget!" Why not learn what it means to live by a budget? Before each trip around the game board, players plan a budget and receive $2,000. They experience the realities of real-life economics as they buy a home or rent an apartment, pay insurance costs, make investments, buy groceries and clothing, repair fire damage, collect commissions, etc. If the budget projection is reasonably accurate, the player collects a bonus on payday! The winner is the player who has the greatest wealth at the end of play. For 2-4 players.

This carton contains 24 copies of the same game.

Can you balance your bank checking account? Bank Account is a realistic simulation with true-to-life money management demands. In Bank Account, players write checks, make deposits, keep accurate records, and reconcile accounts. Real-life transactions include paying medical, grocery, utility, legal, property tax, and other bills. Players make purchases, collect earnings, deposit tax refunds, receive scholarship money, etc. The winner is the first to build a bank account of $5,000. Checks, deposit slips and accounting forms are included. For 2-5 players.

This carton contains 24 copies of the same game.

It's fun to earn money for the food bank! Coins Count! is a valuable first experience in making small purchases, handling change, and earning money for a charity. Players become familiar with pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollar bills. The winner is the player who is the first to donate five dollars to the food bank. This rich instructional package also includes activities for use with the entire class: self-correcting lessons on making correct change and suggestions for interesting investigations. For 2-4 players.

This carton contains 24 copies of the same game.

Protect that pocket book! Shop for bargains! In Sale, players save money during Clearance and End-of-the-Month Sales. The goal is to make wise purchases and keep accurate financial records. The winner is the player who saves the most money on purchases and whose Financial Record is 100% accurate. Sale is a simulation that mirrors real life events. Conditions change with each move, presenting experiences beyond those textbooks can provide. Just as in business, the goal is 100% accuracy in adding and subtracting whole numbers, making payments, determining change, keeping financial records, and reconciling accounts with remaining cash on hand. For 2-4 players.

This carton contains 24 copies of the same game.

Discount brings players face-to-face with over 400 real-life challenges as they purchase furniture, clothing, and appliances. No series of problems is alike. Discount provides extensive experience in translating among fractions, decimals, and percents; computing percentages and fractional discounts using a calculator; rounding the amount saved; making correct payments and change; keeping accurate financial records of transactions; and reconciling accounts with cash on hand. As in business, the goal is 100% accuracy. For 2-4 players.

This carton contains 24 copies of the same game.

It's time to go grocery shopping! Learn to do what wise shoppers do--scout ads for best buys! Grocery Cart involves players in four important life skills: comparing grocery ads, making correct payment for purchases, keeping accurate financial records, and reconciling cash on hand with shopping records. The winner is the player who makes the smartest purchases, makes correct payments, and keeps accurate records. Two levels of play allow players in grades 4 and up to benefit. Eight grocery ads are included. Players are encouraged to substitute local ads to further increase realism. For 2-4 players.

This carton contains 24 copies of the same game.

Brother and Sister Bear know some things about money. They know that money can be used to buy things like baseball cards, ice cream, candy, and balloons. What they don't know is how to manage their allowances. Then Mama comes up with a terrific idea to help them learn the value of money and how to save it--a checkbook! A series of tear-out checks is included in the book so that kids can use them at home just like the cubs do in Bear Country.

Mama and Papa Bear try to teach Brother and Sister the value of money and how to manage their allowance.

Discount brings players face-to-face with over 400 real-life challenges as they purchase furniture, clothing, and appliances. No series of problems is alike. Discount provides extensive experience in translating among fractions, decimals, and percents; computing percentages and fractional discounts using a calculator; rounding the amount saved; making correct payments and change; keeping accurate financial records of transactions; and reconciling accounts with cash on hand. As in business, the goal is 100% accuracy. For 2-4 players.

This year Sam gets to spend his New Year's gift money any way he chooses. Shopping carefully in his favorite Chinatown stores, he is disappointed to find that everything he wants is too expensive. Deciding to forgo a tasty sweet or a new toy for himself, Sam donates his money instead to a barefoot homeless man. Full color.

In the noisy streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, another busy morning is beginning as Yasmin rides to work in her father's rattling rickshaw. Yasmin longs to go to school so she can learn to read, but her family needs the money she and her sister earn at the brickyard to help keep the rice bag full and the roof repaired.

As she hammers away at bricks day after day, Yasmin dreams of a different life. If she could read, she could be anything she wants to be when she grows up. One night Yasmin has an idea--a secret plan that will bring her one step closer to making her dream a reality.

Compassionately told and inspired by contemporary news articles, Yasmin's Hammer offers a fresh perspective on the value of education. Readers will admire Yasmin's persistence in reaching for her goals and the enduring love of her hardworking family in this hopeful story of a bright young girl whose mind is set on changing her future.