Budgeting for pet care
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Age group:
Students ages 10 and 11 -
When:
October and November -
Time required:
4 hours
Financial and cooperative skills
- Understanding how to plan expenses
- Making a budget and evaluating your financial capacity
- Understanding the importance of saving
- Differentiating between cooperative values
Execution
Students use the principles of budgeting to solve a problem.
All the documents you need to carry out this activity are in the right-hand column under Useful links.
Task 1: Caring for a parrot
Task objectives
At the end of this task, students will be able to budget for the costs of caring for a parrot.
Instructions
- Time required:
3 hours - Teaching material:
Caring for a Parrot
(PDF, 4.20 MB)
- Hand out the Caring for a Parrot booklet.
- Read the scenario.
- Have students do the task individually.
- Ask them what they've learned, the challenges and how they overcame them.
Teacher's notes
Provide grocery store circulars for this task.