If you’re familiar with Outschool, you know they’re known for being an innovative online education platform that supplements learning with thousands of fun and unique, interest-based classes for kids around the world. In honor of April being Financial Literacy Month, Outschool is hosting free finance and entrepreneur classes for kids ages 9-18 through their Money Maker Edventure…
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How to Teach High Schoolers Financial Literacy
This post is sponsored by Intuit When I was little, my bank issued passport-sized books that recorded deposits and withdrawals. I loved presenting it to the teller along with money received for my birthday, Christmas, or babysitting. It was always so satisfying to see the amount in my savings account increase with each deposit and…
5 Resources for Teaching Financial Literacy to Tweens and Teens
This post is sponsored by T. Rowe Price. “I just don’t understand why my friends want to spend real money on things for Fortnite®”, my 12-year-old son pondered one night after the latest Battle Pass came out. Thomas likes playing Fortnite with his friends, watching YouTube® videos featuring game play, and stays up to date…
Star Banks Adventure Teaches Tweens & Teens Personal Finance
This is a sponsored post Sometimes the request for money for the things our kids wants seems endless. Money for the movies, a school field trip, yearbooks, a trip to the mall to replace outgrown items in their wardrobe, sports equipment, and the request for a new and better phone, headphones, etc. adds up! We…
The Best Free Resources for Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
This is a sponsored post Even though April is Financial Literacy Month, financial literacy is a topic that requires ongoing conversations to impart different lessons at each age and stage to teach kids necessary lifelong skills. I remember learning how to write checks and balance a checkbook as part of my financial literacy education as…
Free H&R Block Budget Challenge Teaches Financial Literacy and Incentivizes with Classroom Grants & Student Scholarships
This is a sponsored post Do you remember when you first learned how to balance a checkbook, read a bank statement, or had to figure out how to budget your money? These important life skills are essential for today’s students who need to be financially literate in order to be successful. Teaching these practical skills…
Kidworth Twitter Party Thursday, 12/15 at 1 pm
One of the dreaded questions I’m often asked at this time of the year is “What do the kids want for Christmas.” Presents are nice but their shiny newness wears off after awhile and items are cast aside. I much prefer enjoying experiences with our children and building memories that will last a lifetime but…
Kidworth: Teaches Kids Financial Literacy Through Message of “Build Wealth, Not Waste”
If you dread the glut of toys will infiltrate your home as a result the holidays and wish that you could put the money spent towards longer term goals for your child instead, meet Kidworth. Kidworth is a free site that is designed to “build wealth, not waste” through a coordinated approach to savings, spending,…
Teaching Financial Literacy with The Great Piggybank Adventure
Little Miss Techie has been more curious about money. She’s always enjoyed counting the money in her wallet but recently she’s been asking questions about how banks work to keep track of our money. During our summer vacation she was curious to know how an ATM in California will know how much money we’ve deposited…
