LAFCU recently took its Listen & Learn Program to Perry Elementary School. The event coincided with the school’s Pajama Day and featured a magician and a book intended to help young children build confidence in math and learn more about money.
“This event is a great example of how to make learning fun and teach the younger generation the importance of money,” said Kelli Ellsworth Etchison, LAFCU chief marketing officer and chief diversity officer. “LAFCU’s Listen & Learn Program offers community outreach, but also allows our team to get in front of kids, encourage them to read and incorporate important financial principles, but in a fun and engaging way.”
To encourage reading LAFCU donated 340 copies of the book, “Owl and Otter and the Big Yard Sale,” written by Andrea Mills. Illustrated by Julia Seal and published by DK, the book invites readers to join the fun and learn about addition and counting money. It also presents the ideas of supply and demand and how to earn and save money.
Jeff the Magician provided an exciting and magic-filled experience for kindergarten through fourth grade students at the March 24 Listen & Learn event.
LAFCU created the Listen & Learn Program in response to the pandemic to provide a fun, new option for kids to learn, listen, read and interact. In addition to live events, the LAFCU Listen & Learn Program offers recorded readings of children’s books on the credit union’s YouTube channel, http://bit.ly/LAFCU-L-L, and by phone, 517.622.6789. Volunteer readers are encouraged to sign up at https://bit.ly/LAFCUVolunteers.
Shelia Scott, the credit union’s community financial education and business development officer, smiles with Perry Elementary School students during the March 24 LAFCU Listen & Learn event.
Two Perry Elementary students pose with their donated copies of “Owl and Otter and the Big Yard Sale,” as part of LAFCU’s March 24 Listen & Listen program
LAFCU took its Listen & Learn program to Perry Elementary School and featured Jeff the Magician, who entertained students with magic and fun.