I Shop With My Daddy
A father and daughter go up and down the aisles of a supermarket making choices and selecting groceries.
Economic Concepts
- Spending
- Goods
- Decision-Making
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
Related Subjects
- Math
- Personal Finance
Teacher Tips for Using this Book
Lesson 10, We Plan for Spending, from Pocket Power
(to be used with I Shop with my Daddy)
Students construct traffic lights to use as they evaluate consumer decisions as planned or unplanned spending, and discuss the costs and benefits of each decision.


Lesson 9, I Shop With My Daddy
from Personal Finance and Children’s Literature:
Students explore foods that were chosen in this story, and categorize them as healthy or unhealthy foods. They construct a graph to depict the categories.