Life Skills/Finacial Literacy

This week we have been talking about the 20-10 rule. That you shouldn't borrow more than 20% of your yearly net income, and your monthly payments shouldn't exceed 10% of your monthly net income. They are doing worksheets and activities that show how much an item really costs after the interest is paid.

Kaleidoscope

We recently discussed the goddess Athena and her competition with Arachne.  They were both skillful weavers and competed to see who was the best. Athena won and turned the boastful Arachne into a spider. We made a paper weave project with a spider on it to represent Arachne.