Cha-Ching: Sweet Pepper Designs
From Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids · 2014
3 min2nd3rd4th5thSocial Studies
Summary
In this Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids song, Pepper turns her design ideas into a small business, learning what it takes to make and sell a product. A lively three-minute animated music video that makes a financial-literacy idea easy to drop into a morning meeting or a social studies / economics lesson for young learners.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Use these after the song to talk through the money idea it teaches.
- What business does Pepper start in the song?
- What does she need before she can sell her designs?
- How does she earn a profit from her products?
Quick work-a-long
Money words: business, design, product, sell, profit, resources.
Try it: Design a product you could make and sell: name it, list what you'd need, and set a price.