Concepts
Addressed and Where You Can Find Them in Sammy Materials
Personal
Finance Concepts
1. Pay yourself whenever you get paid or receive money
Sammy says:
(1) Saving is a great habit
(2) From every dollar, save a dime
(3) Going to save every time we get paid
(4) …save a part of what you get paid
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pgs. 9, 10, 12, 13, 26,
28
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 10, 28
Song / Get in the Habit, Track 15
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Lemonade Stand, Track 6
Song / Rainy Day, Track 13
2. Start saving now (Time is money)
Sammy says:
(1) I’ll start saving right away…
(2) I worked and saved every day for weeks…
(3) Saving money all the time….Now, let’s get to it…
(4) Get in the game…do it each and every day…
(5) Trick is not to delay or wait…The sooner you start, the
less it takes…just start saving early, not late Book /
Where you find it:
It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pg. 11
Book / Space Coaster, pg. 14
Song / Get in the Habit, Track 15
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Anyone Can Be Rich, Track 3
3.
Compound (ing) (Interest)
Sammy says:
(1) My savings kept getting bigger and bigger
(2) You can watch your money grow and grow and grow…
(3) You gotta save and multiply… Savings soar like a rocket…What
he’s found is that money compounds…
(4) Money likes to grow and grow…When money grows, it compounds…Saving
and interest make it so…
(5) Get those coins a multiplying
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pg. 15
Song / Get in the Habit, Track 15
Song / Get in the Game, Track
Song / Ben Franklin Says So, Track 12
Song / Change Adds Up, Track 11
4.
Goal setting, planning
Sammy says:
(1) I began to daydream about the fantastic news….I only need
to save $100… I had to make a plan …Keep working toward
your goal…
(2) I set my goals…I think an plan…I like to work my
plan…
(3) (I’ll) layout a plan…I set my goal
Where you find it:
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 4, 11, 13, 18
Song / Plan, Track 5
Song / Show Your Family the Way, Track 14
5.
Every choice has a price and consequences. (Many of those consequences
are predictable!) You can’t get something for nothing
Sammy says:
(1) I worked and saved every day for weeks. I did not stop even
to play with my friends…I decided not to buy some of my favorite
things…
(2) Can’t get something for nothing…You should take
it for certain someone has to pay…Nothing’s free –
no free rides…
(3) Saving makes me strong
(4) Don’t ignore this call and go to the mall and spend it
all, you’ll hit a wall…
(5) We built this lemonade stand…Hammered every nail and screw…Earning
money is fun to do!
(6) There’s a lot at stake (ie. your future) besides pain
and aches
(7) I wanted everything had to have it all today so I charged my
life away…It’s really got me in a trap…Feeling
like I wanna snap…Debt is prison every day…My bills
are haunting me…There’s no place for me to go…I’m
just a nervous wreck…This debt is like a ball and chain around
my neck…paying back is hard…
(8) I face temptations every day…But I don’t give in…I
won’t trade my hopes and dreams…Just say no man no…
(9) There’s no need to be afraid when you save a part of what
you get paid…I’m not scared…I’m prepared…my
future is secure…any storm I can endure…I’ve been
saving for a rainy day…
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 14, 21
Where you find it:
Song / No Free Rides, Track 4
Song / S-A-V-E, Track 1
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Lemonade Stand, Track 6
Song / Don’t Spend More Than You Make, Track 8
Song / Debt Stinks, Track 9
Song / No Man No, Track 10
Song / Rainy Day, Track 13
Character
and Leaderships Concepts
1. Personal Leadership, Responsibility, Drive, Desire
Sammy says:
(1) I’ll start saving right away… (an stop wasting carrots)
(2) As soon as the sun came up, I grabbed my backpack and went out
to collect more carrots…
(3) I grabbed Auntie’s hand and said come with me…
(4) Will you come help us find and save carrots?
(5) What should I promise to save next?
(6) I had to make a plan
(7) I worked and saved every day for weeks…
(8) Get in the habit…saving money all the time…
(9) I’ll take the lead…show my family the way…I
chose a role…It’s up to me…
(10) Come on join me
(11) Give it all I can
(12) Commit to giving all I got
(13) Work that plan
(14) We saw it through
(15) I won’t trade my hopes and dreams
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pgs. 11, 14, 27, 28
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 13, 14Song / Get in the Habit, Track
15
Song / Show Your Family the Way, Track 14Song / S-A-V-E, Track 1
Song / Plan, Track 5Song / Lemonade Stand, Track 6
Song / No Man No, Track 10
2.
Confidence, Esteem, Attitude
Sammy says:
(1) Sammy you saved the day…
(2) Will you come help us find and save carrots?
(3) I can do it…I can do this…I did it! I did it!
(4) I want to go there next…
(5) You can do it, now let’s get to it!
(6) Saving makes me strong!
(7) You’ll really fly, higher than eagle in the sky
(8) I promise you this, anyone can be rich
(9) I can accomplish anything
(10) Picture myself at the finish line…
(11) Either way I won’t fail or fall
(12) We’re going to college
(13) Earning money is fun to do!
(14) I’ll never make the same mistake…I’m going
to take control
(15) I’m prepared
(16) Just like a superhero, I’ll take the lead, blaze a trail…
(17) It’s up to me… to save the day …I’ll
show my family the way…
(18) Feel extra strong
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pgs. 25, 27
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 10, 13, 22, 23, 28
Song / Get in the Habit, Track 15
Song / S-A-V-E, Track 1
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Anyone Can Be Rich, Track 3
Song / Plan, Track 5
Song / Lemonade Stand, Track 6
Song / Debt Stinks, Track 9Song / Rainy Day, Track 13
Song / Show Your Family the Way, Track 14
3.
Delayed Gratification,
Determination, Perseverance, Discipline
Sammy says:
(1) I saved a backpack full of carrots every day for weeks…
(2) I’ve been saving since Auntie shared her secret with me…
(3) It was exactly one-hundred days to blast off! If I save $1 a
day, I can go…
(4) I worked and saved every day for weeks…
(5) I’ll keep trying
(6) I will save more than $100, no matter what
(7) Keep saving…I was more determined than ever…
(8) I decided not to buy some of my favorite things…
(9) I’m gonna s-a-v-e
(10) Just say no man no
(11) Saving is his game
(12) Save bit by bit
(13) From every dollar, save a dime
(14) Take it inch by inch, pinch by pinch
(15) Don’t Spend More Than You Make
(16) Do all I can
(17) Saving money all the time
(18) From every dollar, save a dime
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pgs. 14, 24
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 13, 14, 18, 20, 21
Song / S-A-V-E, Track 1
Song / No Man No, Track 10
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Anyone Can Be Rich, Track 3
Song / Don’t Spend More Than You Make, Track 8
Song / Show My Family the Way, Track 14
Song / Get in the Habit, Track 15
4.
Sharing, Giving, Gratitude/Thankfulness
Sammy says:
(1) Now we’ll be able to eat all winter.
(2) Jammer, you can go. I have $25 I can give you…
(3) Give thanks for the gain…
(4)Show you care…have money to share…something for the
others, to give one another, your brother and mothers…
(5) We wish them a happy day
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pg. 20
(Sammy shares his carrots with his family)
Book / Space Coaster, pg. 24
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Lemonade Stand, Track 6
5.
Teamwork, Cooperation
Sammy says:
(1) Will you come help us find and save carrots? Yeah!
(2) We could work and save together…
(3) Let’s get to it!
(4)Come on join me everybody
Come on get on board
(5) Me and my brother, my brother and me, hand in hand…
(6) We did it together…
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pg. 27
Book / Space Coaster, pg. 16
Song / Get in the Habit, Track 15
Song / S-A-V-E, Track 1
Song / Lemonade Stand, Track 6
6.
Listening, Following Directions, Thinking, Predicting Outcomes
Sammy says:
(1) Please tell me…
(2) You’re right…I’ll start saving right away…
(3) All right…I’ll keep trying…
(4) You’ll get there sooner than you think if you just keep
remembering what Auntie says…
(5) Come on get on board, tell me what you gonna do?
(6) Get in the Game…
(7)Take this tip…
(8) Follow the money rules, play it smart
(9) Start saving early, not late
(10) No matter what they say, you should take it for certain, that
someone has to pay…
(11) I like to think an plan…
(12) Don’t ever, ever, ever, spend more than you make…
(13) I wish I had stopped to think…
(14) Tell you what – Change Adds Up
(15) Must be true Ben Franklin says it’s so, money likes to
grow and grow
(16) Let me tell you where I’m coming from, it’s not
too good to waste income
Where you find it:
Book / It’s a Habit, Sammy Rabbit, pgs. 9, 11
Book / Space Coaster, pgs. 18, 28
Song / S-A-V-E, Track 1
Song / Get in the Game, Track 2
Song / Anyone Can Be Rich, Track 3
Song / No Free Rides, Track 4
Song / Plan, Track 5
Song / Don’t Spend More Than You Make, Track 8
Song / Debt Stinks, Track 9
Song / Change Adds Up, Track 11
Song / Ben Franklin Says So, Track 12Song / Rainy Day, Track 13
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