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How Yard Sales Can Help Learning

Having your kids do a yard sale is a great way to teach them over the Summer.

How Yard Sales Can Help Learning
Jackie Stechel breaks down how to plan a yard sale for kids in order to teach them some organizational skills. There are many ways to make it easier for everyone involved. You can guide your child through the process by helping them gather up all of the items that need to be sold. You can help them organize things and then when it comes time to sell them, you can teach your kids the math skills they need.

Key takeaways

  1. Making a list and a timeline for when things need to be done is a good tool to teach kids.
  2. It is important to help teach planning skills to students that they can use.
  3. Help kids learn about purchases and how to make change for customers.

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Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.