A smart way to approach end-of-term reports
Are you praising ‘A’s or trying to get your child to mend their ways? In either case, there’s a good and bad way to approach end of year reports. Here’s how we think you should do it
Teaching Kids About Money
Are you praising ‘A’s or trying to get your child to mend their ways? In either case, there’s a good and bad way to approach end of year reports. Here’s how we think you should do it
Stay at home challenge – Which way to pay? Cash is fairly easy for kids to understand, but other methods from plastic cards to smartphones can be trickier for kids to get their head’s around.
Space exploration has unveiled the mysteries of the Cosmos, and also firmed up a few monetary facts, back on the ground!
From ancient currency to modern taxes, chocolate has a lot to teach us
The UK Budget 2021 can be a great educational conversation starter with your kids. We offer some tips on how to make the government’s Budget fun and educational for kids.
Lent starts this week, and we’re starting to think about how giving something up teaches kids about money, from the merits of delayed gratification to the added spending power saving brings
Having trouble teaching kids to save money? Try these tips, for preschoolers right up to teenagers, courtesy of the kids money app, RoosterMoney
Stay at home challenge – Needs & Wants List. Understanding the difference between needs and wants is key to good decision making in all aspects of life, not just money.
Stay at home challenge – Find the best energy deals. Challenge your kids to find a better deal on your gas or electricity bills by turning them into your in-house savings expert.
Stay at home challenge – Choose a cause. Discuss some potential causes your child could support, and encourage them to choose one that matches their interests and matters to them.
Stay at home challenge – Spot the best savings account. Get them checking comparison tables of children’s savings accounts, and find an account paying the highest interest.
Stay at home challenge – Set up shop. Playing shop is a great activity for the imagination as well as practicing some mental arithmetic.
Stay at home challenge – Future me. This challenge is about having fun with all the possibilities ahead of you.
Stay at home challenge – Fridge Raiders. A simple game about a simple but important money concept – Needs vs Wants.
Stay at home challenge – Start Selling. A great way to help your kids earn some money that may also help with the spring cleaning!
Stay at home challenge – Family Dinner Party. This one is a great way to bring together a lot of big money lessons in one simple… meal! Get the kids to organise Saturday night’s dinner.
Stay at home challenge – 1p or £1000? Which would you choose? It’s a simple question, with a surprising answer. And a great lesson on the power of compound interest, for all of us.
Stay at home challenge – Aiming for Goals. Kids love thinking about what they want, and what they can buy. So use that enthusiasm to help them draw up their own budget.
Stay at home challenge – Wallet workout. Quite simply, your kids tip out all the cards in your wallet, but this time, instead of getting angry, you turn it into a money lesson!
Stay at home challenge – What do I do all day? Take this opportunity to talk to your kids about your job? What do you do, and why? It could get them thinking about what they want to do too.
Stay at home challenge – Set up a tuck shop at home. Laura Symond’s genius way of keeping the kids from nagging for sweets whilst also teaching them some valuable money lessons.
Stay at home challenge – Dust off those retro board games. Monopoly and The Game of Life are great games that involve concepts like earning and saving, so are full of valuable lessons.
Stay at home challenge – Inner Entrepreneur. Could your kids be the next Bill Gates? This activity is all about getting their creative & business minds going !???????⠀
Stay at home challenge – Wizard Chess. Get a couple of big bags of pennies (or anything that’s stackable), and a chessboard. A great way to show the power of compound interest.
Stay at home challenge – Clear the clutter – A great wat to introduce the concept of ‘needs’ and ‘wants’, and get the bedroom tidy.
Stay at home challenge – Ask your kids to design their own bank note? Who would they feature on it? What other important information needs to be on there?
It’s the Holidays! And we’re here with some pointers on how to teach kids about money at Christmas!
Money games for kids are a great way to introduce the concept of money in a fun and safe way. Check out these fun board games, activities and online games!
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