I'm thinking....

...about math centers. Since 1st grade SOLs cover economics and money, I'm going to have one of my math centers be a lemonade stand! Basically, I'm going to stock it with a limited about of (plastic) lemons, sugar, cups, and pitchers, and (play) money. By using the lemonade stand as a math center, students will be  learning about scarcity (how many cups can you make?), money sense (part of the center will be the requirement that they "pay" each other for product), and opportunity cost (how much sugar do you have to forgo to make more lemonade?) also...just plain fun. below are some lemonade stands I'm looking at...I LOVE the Melissa & Doug one but can't afford it, so I asked the advice of the always smart Colby R., and he said I could get a box built for me and then I could paint it white and decorate it. what do you think?

LOVE this one. want it. someone buy it 

for my classroom and feel good 

about your investment in the lives

of children?

they sell this one at Chasing Fireflies

(but you buy the decals separate so

it's almost the cost of M&D) but I think

I could make it

 turn a box into this?

make Colby help me?

why is there a small door at the bottom?

entrance for mice?

classroom planning is so fun :)