Good consumer skills can help you get more for your money. Consumer Decision Making gives youth the opportunity to make wise decisions when shopping. Consumer Decision Making is a judging contest designed to teach kids to observe, compare and make consumer based decisions based on facts. 4-Hers use their consumer knowledge to rank similarly based products to fit a given scenario. Kids learn to organize their thoughts and to defend their decisions in oral reasons.
Resources
- 2011-12 Study Guide – PDF
- 2011-12 Study Guide Additional Resources – PDF
- Giving Oral Reasons – PDF
- Worksheet: Deciding How To Decide – PDF
Web Resources
- Math in Daily Life – link
- Pew Internet: Online Shopping Report – PDF
- SalesCircular.com – link
- Consumer Reports Magazine – link
- Consumer Action Website – Federal Citizen Information Center – link
Lesson Plans From Previous Years
- Analog to Digital – The Switch is On – PDF
- Athletic Shoes – PDF
- ATM Debit Cards – PDF
- Auto Insurance – PDF
- Backpacks – PDF
- Bicycles – PDF
- Bike Helmets – PDF
- Bottled Water – PDF
- Bottled Water – PDF
- Buying a Used Car – PDF
- Cameras – PDF
- CD Players – PDF
- CD-ROMs – PDF
- Cell Phone Plans – PDF
- Cellular Phones – PDF
- Checking Accounts – PDF
- Children’s Toys – PDF
- Compact Fluorescent Bulbs – PDF
- Computers for Students – PDF
- Credit Cards – PDF
- Credit Cards – PDF
- Diapers – PDF
- Digital Photo Frames – PDF
- DVD Players – PDF
- Emergency Radios – PDF
- Formal Wear – PDF
- Fund-Raisers – PDF
- Gift and Prepaid Cards – PDF
- Gold Jewelry – PDF
- Healthy Snacking – PDF
- Inline Skates – PDF
- Insect Repellent – PDF
- Jeans – PDF
- Laundry Detergent – PDF
- Laundry Detergents – PDF
- Life Preservers – PDF
- Limo Rentals – PDF
- Livestock Feed – PDF
- Luggage – PDF
- Online Shopping – PDF
- Pagers – PDF
- Paper Towels – PDF
- Pedometers – PDF
- Pickup Trucks – PDF
- Printing Digital Photos – PDF
- Roth IRAs for Working Kids – PDF
- Roth IRAs for Working Kids – PDF
- Sports Cars – PDF
- Sun Protective Clothing – PDF
- Sunglasses – PDF
- Sunscreen – PDF
- Sunscreen – PDF
- Telephone Cards – PDF
- Tennis Racquets – PDF
- Toothpaste – PDF
- Watches – PDF
- Western Boots – PDF
Contact Information
Mr. Andy Hart
Extension Program Specialist – 4-H
District 2
1102 E. FM 1294
Lubbock, TX 79403-6653
Phone: 806-746-6101
Fax: 806-746-4057
E-mail: amhart@ag.tamu.edu
Mr. Luis Saldana
Extension Program Specialist – 4-H
District 12
2401 E. Hwy 83
Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 956-968-5581
Fax: 956-969-5639
E-mail: l-saldana@tamu.edu