This book is very similar to a book I used in my economics lesson plans. This book had a great story line to it, but it would be an excellent resource in the classroom when teaching supply and demand. In this story the kids wanted to repair their clubhouse, so they decided to sale lemonade. Each kid had a part in the production part and the lemonade stand grew in popularity everyday. However, one day they didn't sell very much lemonade and that was because all of their customers had gone down the block to see another neighborhood kid juggle and do tricks. The group of kids decided they would invite the new kid to perform by their lemonade stand the next day. The kid agreed and the lemonade stand did amazing and the kids were able to repair their clubhouse.
This book would be a great introduction to supply and demand as well as consumers and producers. The main focus for the math integration in this story is the use of bar graphs. One of the kids were responsible for keeping track of how many cups of lemonade they sold each day. She put their data on the bar graph so they could see growth and loss. This book would be a great to integrate across 3 different subjects.
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