![]() ![]() ![]() The students learned a lot of economic terms through literature. ![]() “Both stories are based on children who actually were entrepreneurs in their own way. Malugen, also surprised when Masters appeared at the Don Tyson School of Innovation where Malugen is involved in the district’s Virtual Academy, explained, “I created a project on entrepreneurship with children and it was based on ‘Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur’ and Amelia Bedelia’s book, ‘Amelia Means Business.’ The books gave our kids great opportunities to understand how other kids could be entrepreneurs and how they could be entrepreneurs, too. “If I can teach them how the economy works, how they fit into it, how having a job and doing a good job are important, I can help them have a leg up.” The earlier we start teaching economics, the better the kids will be in the long run. The way students become productive members of society is to understand how society in the economic world works. There is a study that says kids develop their financial habits before the age of seven. Moore Award winners by Economics Arkansas.Īfter a surprise visit by Associate Director of Economics Arkansas Marsha Masters, Taunton said, “I am grateful for the award. Jennifer Taunton, a gifted and talented teacher at Linda Childers Knapp Elementary School and Jennifer Malugen, a GT instructor at Monitor Elementary, are among the five teachers in Arkansas who have been named Bessie B. Springdale Teachers Honored With Bessie B. ![]()
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