Spending & Saving Money
Helping students take control
Spending and Taking Control – This is a link to a chapter in CFEE’s book “Money and Youth” that focuses on spending and taking control of your money.
Saving and Investing Money – This is a link to a chapter in CFEE’s book “Money and Youth” that focuses on saving and investing money.
Money and Youth – A web site of the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education.
Learning to Give – U.S. site: Learning to Give includes a lesson for young children, introducing financial terms such as spend, save, invest and donate.
Sense and Dollars – U.S site: Sense and Dollars – a game that teaches kids about earning, spending, budgeting and saving money. It is sponsored by Maryland Public Television.
Shopping at a Virtual Mall – Note there are ads on this site: Math Playground – this game provides a chance for kids to practice math while shopping at a virtual mall.
The Money Instructor – U.S. site – Money Instructor website including lessons and worksheets on spending money.
Videos:
David Chilton (The Wealthy Barber Returns) – This is a link to David Chilton’s video from CFEE’s Entrepreneurship: The Spirit of Adventure video series.
The Berenstein Bears – Trouble With Money – This is a video the children get caught up in trying to earn money to buy things, and forget about other things that are important. There are also lessons about spending.