Story time for small children not only teaches fairy tails, but the Ourselves program uses compelling stories about helping, working, earning, and saving along with hands-on activities to engage the students. Thanks to Citi and INJAZ Kuwait, 4228 students from all around Kuwait schools have completed the Ourselves program.

Ourselves uses compelling stories read aloud by the volunteer, along with hands-on activities, to demonstrate helping, working, earning, and saving. Five required, volunteer-led activities.

Ourselves enhances students’ learning of the following concepts and skills:

• Concepts–Barter, Benefit, Buying, Choices, Consumer, Costs, Earning, Entrepreneurs, Giving, Goods, Incentives, Income, Money, Resources, Rewards, Saving, Scarcity, Selling, Spending, Voluntary exchange, Wants, Work


• Skills–Abstract thinking, Coin recognition, Coin valuation, Decision-making, Drawing, Following directions, Interpreting information, Listening responsively, Matching, Responsibility, Sequencing, Teamwork

Ourselves is a series of five activities for students in kindergarten. The average time for each activity is 30 minutes.