Kids want to make money! This fun and creative title introduces young readers to the idea of working in a format that is easy to read and use. From weeds to snow, this book contains kid-tested projects that will have children earning money--and loving it! Instructions and photographs guide kids through the process of business plans, safety, marketing, gathering customer information, and providing a product or service. Background information, materials lists, and additional ideas provide a fun and organized approach to the world of work! Checkerboard is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Outlines the steps to getting a job and making money through yard work, and lists potential jobs for young readers, including mowing lawns, weeding gardens, and shoveling snow.
Kids want to make money! This fun and creative series introduces young readers to the idea of working in a format that is easy to read and use. Each book contains kid-tested projects that will have children earning money--and loving it! Instructions and photographs guide kids through the process of business plans, safety, marketing, gathering customer information, and providing a product or service. Background information, materials lists, and additional ideas provide a fun and organized approach to the world of work! Checkerboard is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Kids want to make money! This fun and creative title introduces young readers to the idea of working in a format that is easy to read and use. From dog walking to pet accessories, this book contains kid-tested projects that will have children earning money--and loving it! Instructions and photographs guide kids through the process of business plans, safety, marketing, gathering customer information, and providing a product or service. Background information, materials lists, and additional ideas provide a fun and organized approach to the world of work! Checkerboard is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Outlines the steps to getting a job and making money through event planning, and lists potential jobs for young readers, including organizing a talent show, building a haunted house, and organizing a backyard carnival.
"The book’s gem is a personal financial action plan that allows easy assessment of current assets and retirement goals…This book demystifies the many obstacles--from the logistical to the conceptual--to smart financial planning.” --Publishers Weekly "Eric Tyson is the best personal finance writer at work today. In a field cluttered with hucksters, false gurus, and just plain bad advice, this book delivers powerful common sense. I trust Eric Tyson, and you should, too.” --Tom Ehrenfeld, former writer and Editor at Harvard Business Review and Inc. Magazine, author of The Startup Garden: How Growing a Business Grows You "Many people have developed attitudes, beliefs, and fears about money that prevent them from acquiring, investing, and spending it in healthy ways...Eric Tyson helps readers get past all that...and start building happy and healthy financial futures. Everyone can profit from this new book--I did." --Dr. Brian Russell, Psychologist as seen on CNN, Court TV, and Fox News; Professor, University of Kansas Transform Your Personal Financial Habits and Attitudes...And Your Life! Real money solutions from the best-selling author of Personal Finance For Dummies, Eric Tyson! Save smarter, invest smarter, and spend smarter, starting today Reduce your financial risks--and eliminate your money anxieties For everyone interested in improving their personal finances…whether you’re saving for college, retirement, or anything else Worried about money? Join the club. Now, do something about it! One of America’s best-selling personal finance authors offers real, practical solutions that work: steps you can take right now to start replacing money anxiety with financial fulfillment and happiness. Eric Tyson gets straight to the point, identifying the habits that put you at risk--and helping you replace them with the habits of financial success. Tyson offers plain-English, no-gimmick techniques you can really use: knowledge you’d have to pay a fortune for, if you could get it at all! Financial success doesn’t just “happen”: it’s determined by your financial habits. Fortunately, you can develop good financial habits--and systematically eliminate the bad ones that stand in your way. Eric Tyson will show you how--step-by-step and hands-on. Millions of people have benefited from Tyson’s best-selling books and award-winning columns. Now he brings together all he’s learned over two decades--including financial management secrets most professionals never tell you about. Tyson will help you organize your finances…take control of your future…make plans you’ll actually implement…save, spend, and invest more effectively…choose the right advisors…reduce your risks…and put money where it belongs in your life (instead of making it your whole life!). This meaty, action-oriented guide is packed with checklists and worksheets that’ll help you start today, get results fast, and make positive changes that will last a lifetime! Develop the best habits, and use the best strategies What you can learn from the nation’s best personal financial managers Take control of your finances, one step at a time Make plans that work--and make your plans work Transform your hopes and ideas into action Everything you need is here, including hands-on worksheets and practical exercises Get real, not real obsessed! Learn how to give money the right role in your life...not your whole life!
This book is about living well, living happy, living long, and living healthy. You will learn to Get Fit - Anywhere, Anytime, no gym required. You will not spend heaps of time and money reaching your goals. This book is intended as a reference manual that you can take with you anywhere. You can refer to it often, as a reminder of what you can do to burn calories at your desk, on an airplane, and in front of the television. In addition, you can melt calories while driving, stopping for gas, staying in a hotel, resting in bed, sharing time with your spouse or loved ones, and playing with your children. Please pass copies of this book to those who need to abide by its principles and recommendations. We all need the information provided in these chapters; both our quality and length of life depend on the tips in these pages.
In Smart Money Smart Kids, Financial expert and best-selling author Dave Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze equip parents to teach their children how to win with money. Starting with the basics like working, spending, saving, and giving, and moving into more challenging issues like avoiding debt for life, paying cash for college, and battling discontentment, Dave and Rachel present a no-nonsense, common-sense approach for changing your family tree.
After a job layoff and real estate troubles, Tim and Tricia Smith are buried in debt. Their only hope to avoid bankruptcy lies in a loan from Tricia's estranged grandmother. But instead of lending them the money, Crazy Grammy Ti sets them on a course of action that not only cleans up their financial mess, but changes their lives. A timely parable, "Lessons from the Depression" reveals the easy steps you can take today to turn your finances around. Without using confusing charts or graphs, financial planner Darlene Gudrie Butts lays out a simple plan anyone can follow. She draws on the strong principles used by people in the Great Depression and channels these through the fun and feisty character of Grammy Ti. In teaching her lessons to her errant granddaughter, Grammy Ti covers such topics as: Beating credit card bullies Breaking old habits Boosting income to balance the budget Savings vs. debt reduction Having fun for free And much more! With positive and practical lessons at the end of each chapter, Butts offers essential emotional and financial advice to help you map out a sound financial strategy. Let the timeless wisdom of Grammy Ti and the Greatest Generation help you take control of your financial future!
