I am a mother of a college age son! Lawd! I still cannot believe that he is in his dorm. I look over at the love seat where he usually sits and its empty. I miss him so! And even crazier is how profound the feeling is when I eat or feed the triplets. Did my first born eat? Did he eat a good meal? Did he drink his coffee? He's probably not snacking as much. It is a turn in the road for me as a mom and the transition is not easy. The part of life I gave him isn't mine and my boy is out there in the world living his life. I am no longer his major lifeline...he is but I am his biggest supporter and that will never change. Ok there I go again, enough already Lena lets move on to BOOKS.
So I just finished my unit on literacy and economics. Every year my class works on this unit. We become business owners of imaginary eateries. We learn about alliteration and menus, money, business plans, saving, spending, banks, checks, donations, accounts, storefronts, customers, advertising, bosses, employees/workers, customers, weekly specials, coupons, etc. We always have a great time and it teaches great life skills, business/economic concepts and vocabulary. We set up shop and student partners patronize each other's imaginary eateries using guest checks, menus and coupons. If you are interested, you can look at my unit in my TPT store. Here is the link:
There are so many wonderful children's books about business and economics. Books that are great read-alouds that kids love listening to over and over. Here is a list of the books that I use in conjunction with the unit above.
Ok I am off to watch TV, laminate and look over at my empty love seat missing my boy!
Until next time.
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