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2 Wherever You Want to Go Color me! Draw your face and Many hair people onto move away from home when they go to college. It s fun! the graduate and make the cap You and get gown to pick the place where you want to live and study. Below is the colors of your favorite school. a map You of can the United States. Each green state matches one of the even put your name on the diploma! colleges below. Can you match the college with the state? Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean DIPLOMA 2 Congratulations 3 1 To For Graduating From Michigan State University University of South Carolina Alaska Pacific University Rocky Mountain College (in Montana) California State Polytechnic University Texas Culinary Institute Florida Technical College Eastern Kentucky University Maine College of Art Nebraska College of Business NOT TO SCALE Which state(s) have you been to already? Which state(s) would you like to visit with your family? Where would you most like to go to college? Why? Where did your parents go to college? CROSS-COUNTRY STUDYING! To help your child learn more about different colleges in different places, log on to and pretend you re picking a college for real! 2

Each green state matches one of the even put your name on the diploma! colleges below. Can you match the college with the state?

3 Why Go to College? Get Ready, Get Set! Getting ready for college is a lot like getting ready for school in the There morning. are If lots you of wait good until reasons the last minute, to go to you ll college. probably For be one late. thing, you get a diploma with your name on it and a cool cap and gown. You do need to know a lot to get into college. But if you take the right classes But (and there pay are attention!) other reasons. it won t be so hard when the time comes. These are the People classes who that go most to college colleges know want more. you They to take learn before things you they start. can use not only at work, but also when vacationing, walking in the woods, working on cars, Algebra I (in eighth grade) and playing baseball or raising children. Geometry (in ninth grade). Find and circle all the hidden words! In general, English, Science people and who go to college * READING COMPUTERS SCIENCE Are History much orhealthier Geography (every year) MATH ENGLISH HISTORY Have Foreign more Language confidence (at least and feel two better years) ART MUSIC PHONICS about themselves Get Computer along better Sciencewith other people H I S T O R Y A L D Are The less Artslikely to smoke B C T S C I E N C E Read to their children more What did your parents study in school? R O O E I T S G B T Like their jobs more E M O N R I M H M O What Earn were more your money parents favorite classes? What's your favorite subject? A P C G P A A I U C MU I L AR TASG A T O I G S H U I S L E L S E P N O C M G R P H O N I C S E E S E R E A D I N G BE READY TO GET READY FOR COLLEGE! Getting ready for college can be a lot of work. To help your child find out more about what she needs to do and learn, check out *Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education,

You do need to know a lot to get into college. But if you take the right classes But (and there pay are attention!) other reasons. it won t be so hard when the time comes.

4 Save for Yourself! Eva wants a hamster. She needs $30 to buy the hamster, a cage, and some hamster food. If she gets $3 a week for allowance, how many weeks will it take Eva to save $30 and buy the hamster? How many weeks would it take if she saved $ a week? How much money would Eva have if she saved $1 a week for a year? (HINT: There are 52 weeks in a year.) What would you like to save for? How much does it cost? How long do you think it will take you to save? HOW WILL YOU SAVE FOR COLLEGE? College is really expensive, but if you log on to g you can explore ways for your family to sta art saving for the future. 4

How much money would Eva have if she saved $1 a week for a year? (HINT: There are 52 weeks in a year.) What would you like to save for? How much does it cost?

5 Family History Lesson DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FOR DIFFERENT KIDS. A child can be anything when he grows up an astronaut t or a da ancer or even a zooke keeper! Help your child find a fun job he might like by chec hecking out 5

6 Wherever You Want to Go Color me! Draw your face and Many hair people onto move away from home when they go to college. It s fun! the graduate and make the cap You and get gown to pick the place where you want to live and study. Below is the colors of your favorite school. a map You of can the United States. Each green state matches one of the even put your name on the diploma! colleges below. Can you match the college with the state? 10 DIPLOMA Congratulations To 9 8 Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean 2 3 For Graduating From Michigan State University University of South Carolina Alaska Pacific University Rocky Mountain College (in Montana) California State Polytechnic University Texas Culinary Institute Florida Technical College Eastern Kentucky University Maine College of Art Nebraska College of Business NOT TO SCALE Which state(s) have you been to already? Which state(s) would you like to visit with your family? Where would you most like to go to college? Why? Where did your parents go to college? CROSS-COUNTRY STUDYING! To help your child learn more about different colleges in different places, log on to and pretend you re picking a college for real!

7 Why Go to College? Get Ready, Get Set! Getting ready for college is a lot like getting ready for school in the There morning. are If lots you of wait good until reasons the last minute, to go to you ll college. probably For be one late. thing, you get a diploma with your name on it and a cool cap and gown. You do need to know a lot to get into college. But if you take the right classes But (and there pay are attention!) other reasons. it won t be so hard when the time comes. These are the People classes who that go most to college colleges know want more. you They to take learn before things you they start. can use not only at work, but also when vacationing, walking in the woods, working on cars, Algebra I (in eighth grade) and playing baseball or raising children. Geometry (in ninth grade). Find and circle all the hidden words! In general, English, Science people and who go to college * Are History much orhealthier Geography (every year) READING MATH COMPUTERS ENGLISH SCIENCE HISTORY Foreign Language (at least two years) ART Have more confidence and feel better about themselves Get Computer along better Sciencewith other people Are The less Artslikely to smoke MUSIC PHONICS Read to their children more What did your parents study in school? Like their jobs more What Earn were more your money parents favorite classes? What's your favorite subject? H I S T O R Y A L D B C T S C I E N C E R O O E I T S G B T E M O N R I M H M O A P C G P A A I U C MU I L AR TASG A T O I G S H U I S L E L S E P N O C M G R P H O N I C S E E S E R E A D I N G BE READY TO GET READY FOR COLLEGE! Getting ready for college can be a lot of work. To help your child find out more about what she needs to do and learn, check out *Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education,

8 Activity Answer Key Michigan State University University of South Carolina Alaska Pacific University Rocky Mountain College (in Montana) California State Polytechnic University Texas Culinary Institute Florida Technical College Eastern Kentucky University Maine College of Art Nebraska College of Business It will take Eva 10 weeks to save $30. It would take Eva 5 weeks if she saved $ a week. Eva would have $52 if she saved $1 a week for a year. Distributed by Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC. C32809-F MI

Art Nebraska College of Business It will take Eva 10 weeks to save $30. It would take Eva 5 weeks if she saved $ a week.

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