Helping Kids Connect Mind, Money & Life Skills
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Books and classroom resources for Grades 4–8 that connect financial literacy with social-emotional learning.
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Mind & Money
Understanding how thoughts and emotions shape money decisions
Learn how thoughts and emotions influence spending, saving, and decision-making. This book helps students build awareness so they can make smarter financial choices in real life.
Better Start Budgeting
Planning, saving, and making thoughtful money choices
Students learn how to manage money, plan ahead, and build strong financial habits. This book introduces budgeting in a simple, visual, and practical way.
How to Handle Stress & Risk
Managing emotions and making confident decisions under pressure
Explore how stress and uncertainty affect decisions. Students learn tools to manage emotions, evaluate risks, and make thoughtful choices with money and life.
Picking Your Earning Path
Exploring interests, skills, and future opportunities
Help students discover how their interests and strengths connect to earning money. This book introduces career thinking, goal setting, and future planning.
Galactic Growth Series
Galactic Growth Series
The Galactic Growth series connects financial literacy with social-emotional learning to help students make better real-life decisions.
• Earning → Self-awareness
• Spending & Saving → Responsible decision-making
• Investing → Social awareness
• Risk & Stress → Self-management
• Credit & Borrowing → Relationship skills
Our books are helping kids connect Mind, Money, and Life Skills.
Building Skills for the Classroom and Beyond
Engaging books and classroom resources that help students practice money skills, build confidence, and apply learning in real-life situations.
My Money ABCs
This helps young learners explore the basics of money in a fun and engaging way. Each letter introduces an important concept, like earning, saving, banks, and needs vs. wants and building a strong foundation for understanding how money works.
What Are Coins?
This introduces students to the world of coins through a playful, story-driven approach. Readers learn about pennies, nickels, dimes, and more, exploring their value, history, and real-life use.
GreatCents Lessons
Ready-to-use lessons for Grades 4–8 that connect personal finance with social-emotional learning through interactive activities and discussions.
Students explore topics like earning, saving, and decision-making while building confidence and real-life skills. Each lesson is designed to be engaging, practical, and easy for teachers to implement.
The My Economy
Turn your classroom into a hands-on economy where students learn by doing.
In My Economy Story: Season 1, students follow a group rebuilding a town while exploring how systems like banks, jobs, and spending work together. Along the way, students earn, make decisions, and experience how their choices impact outcomes in a real-world setting.
Engaging Lessons, Games, and Teacher Resources
Accessible lessons, games, and classroom resources designed to give teachers and parents simple, ready-to-use tools for meaningful learning on Teachers Pay Teachers.
GreatCentsopoly
A classic game reimagined to teach real-world money skills
GreatCentsopoly helps students learn financial concepts through hands-on gameplay. As they buy, trade, and manage money, students practice decision-making, strategy, and risk in an engaging way.
Food Truck Foldable
Creative, hands-on learning through building and design
Students create their own food truck through a fun, hands-on foldable activity. This low-prep resource builds creativity, focus, and problem-solving while keeping students engaged.
Pizza Making Station Bundle
Interactive building meets real-world thinking
Students design and build their own pizza station while exploring choices and organization. This engaging activity encourages creativity and helps students think through real-world processes.
Cent City (Bean Game)
A hands-on simulation for understanding money and decision-making
The Cent City Bean Game gives students an interactive way to experience earning, spending, and making choices. Through gameplay, students see how their decisions impact outcomes in real time.
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