• Elementary School
  • JA Ourselves
  • JA Our Families
  • JA Our Community
  • JA Our City
  • JA Our Region
  • JA Our Nation
  • JA More than Money
  • Biz Kid$
  • JA BizTown
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
• Middle School
  • JA America Works
  • JA Economics for Success
  • JA Finance Park
  • JA Global Marketplace
  • JA It's My Business!
  • JA's Biz Kid$
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
• High School
  • JA Banks in Action
  • JA Be Entrepreneurial
  • JA Business Ethics
  • JA Careers with a Purpose
  • JA Company Program
  • JA Economics
  • JA Exploring Economics
  • JA Finance Park
  • JA Job Shadow
  • JA Personal Finance
  • JA Success Skills
  • JA Titan
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
  • Global JA Titan Challenge
• Scholarships
• Correlations
• Evaluations
• Supplements
  • Biz Kid$
  • Economic Investigations
  • Excellence through Ethics
  • JA Current Economic Climate
  • JA Travel and Tourism
  • Microsoft Unlimited Potential Technology Curriculum
  • JA Searching for Savings
• Student Events
• JA AfterSchool ®
  • Overview
  • JA More than Money™ (Grades 3-5)
  • JA It's My Business!™ (Grades 6-8)
  • JA Company Program™ (Grades 9-12)
  • Junior Achievement
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Elementary School Programs :: JA Ourselves^®

JA Ourselves uses compelling stories read aloud by the volunteer, along with hands-on activities, to demonstrate helping, working, earning, and saving. Five required, volunteer-led activities.

The key learning objectives listed beside each activity state the skills and knowledge students will gain.

Session One: Robbie's Trip to the Farm The students are introduced to a storybook character and his visit to a family farm. Through a group discussion and by drawing pictures of their favorite animals, they discover that individuals make choices. Key Learning Objective Objectives: recognize the role of self. Appreciate individual choices.

Session Two: Angie and the Carnival The students are introduced to a storybook character and her plans to earn money by making and selling crafts at a carnival. Key Learning Objective Objectives: define money. identify one form of money coins. differentiate coins.

Session Three: Charlie Plants a Garden The students learn how the storybook characters work together to plant a community garden. Key Learning Objective Objectives: recognize the importance of working together. discover rewards other than money.

Activity Four: Meagan Buys a Present Students recognize the importance of saving money to buy something they want through a story about a girl who must save to buy a birthday present. Key Learning Objective Objectives: discuss the importance of saving money. identify a place where people save money. demonstrate how to save money. name something they would like to save for.

Session Five: Dylan and the New Playground The students learn how the storybook characters save money to buy new playground equipment for their school. Key Learning Objective Objectives: identify ways money can be used to benefit others. recognize the value of work. appreciate the importance of giving.

JA Ourselves enhances students’ learning of the following concepts and skills:

Concepts–Barter, Benefit, Buying, Choices, Consumer, Costs, Earning, Entrepreneurs, Giving, Goods, Incentives, Income, Money, Resources, Rewards, Saving, Scarcity, Selling, Spending, Voluntary exchange, Wants, Work

Skills–Abstract thinking, Coin recognition, Decision-making, Drawing, Following directions, Interpreting information, Listening responsively, Matching, Responsibility, Sequencing, Teamwork

JA Ourselves is a series of five activities recommended for students in kindergarten. The average time for each activity is 30 minutes. Materials are packaged in a self-contained kit that includes detailed activity plans for the volunteer and materials for 30 students.

All JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.

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