Purpose and Curricular Connections

The Reality Store is a place where students pay bills after planning their budget for a level of income based on a predetermined level of education. Students apply decision-making, problem-solving, and management processes to develop and follow a spending plan to meet established goals with a degree of accuracy. The goal is to develop the knowledge and skills needed to use these processes in practical, real-life situations involving the use of money. They visit a series of learning stations that require making budgeting decisions.

This program is for 8th grade students.