Market Day at Foothills Elementary School Prepares Second Graders

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"I got a manicure, bought a bandana for my dog (that the little 2nd grader sewed by herself), and all kinds of things.

The whole school gets to drop by to shop."

That's how one mom describes an economic lesson given to second-graders at Foothills Elementary School in Maryville, Tenn., per WATE.

Each student at the school is given at least a month to come up with a good or service that they'll sell at the school's annual Market Day.

Students are given "tickets" that they can use to sell their items or waivers that they can use to sell their items at the event, which has been held at the school for 20 years.

"The description doesn't do it justice," says a spokeswoman for Maryville City Schools.

"The whole gym is filled and looks like a marketplace.

I got a manicure, bought a bandana for my dog (that the little 2nd grader sewed by herself), and all kinds of things.

The whole school gets to drop by to shop."

Students are given at least a month to come up with a project's name, price, and design.

Last year's Market Day was "blown away by what the kids had done," the spokeswoman says.

"I

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