A treasure trove of useful tips for teaching kids about money. From how much pocket money to give and age appropriate chores ideas, to fun money activities and printable reward charts – we've got you covered.
New Year, New Start – and a great time to introduce a new allowance routine. Allowance is a brilliant way to help your children learn about managing money. It can kick start conversations about budgeting, saving and working for rewards.
This year, give the gift of money sense, by reading through this kids’ guide to Christmas economics
As COP26 draws to a close, we look at how climate change can teach children a bit about economics, consumer power and personal finance
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Help your children save up for the Christmas period, via these tips from RoosterMoney, the smart pocket-money app
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a great way to discuss money with the kids. Here’s how superheroes can explain one of our greatest mortal concerns: money
Don’t let personal finance spook your kids. There are lots of fun ways to talk about money. Here’s how you can use Halloween to explain money
They might have been outlaws on the high seas, but pirates of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century still followed a few financial rules…
Have you been targeted by scammers? Here’s a few tips to help you stay safe online right now
Round off a great break by making the perfect return to school, with this smart guide
Stuck for something to do? Here’s a few activities that could turn your son or daughter into a smart young business owner
Ready to take kids to zoos and museums, and on holiday again? Here’s a few financial tips to help you ease into another summer
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.
Space exploration has unveiled the mysteries of the Cosmos, and also firmed up a few monetary facts, back on the ground!
See in the season by setting these jobs. Your family gets to clean up, and your kids might get a little reward
From ancient currency to modern taxes, chocolate has a lot to teach us
We give our children everything. Do we really need to top that up with a little bit of extra cash every week or month? Perhaps. Don’t underestimate the importance of pocket money.
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
RoosterMoney, the allowance app for parents and children, has drawn up a fun, timely, useful list of ways to help when teaching kids to save money.
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 – 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.
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 – 1¢ 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!
It’s a big shopping day, and children can take part too. Find out how it got its name, what sort of deals you’re likely to find, and why some people avoid all shops on this day
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!
Chores are a necessary part of daily life, but that doesn’t mean they have to be a burden. In fact, if you have kids, not only can you get them involved in the family chores, but find the right system, and you can turn it into an educational experience for them too.
RoosterMoney’s ‘Money Matters Course’ is a free course full of activities ideal for kids 7 and upwards! Download the worksheets now!
We look at the differences between credit and debit cards, and how to explain the difference to kids.
A mega list of all the wonderful online learning resources, activities and ideas we’ve seen across the web in one place. #stayathomechallenge
At RoosterMoney we know there are some concerns about Roblox for kids, so here we share some tips on how to pay for things on Roblox & how to teach kids.
Should you pay for grades? In this post we look at both sides of the debate as well as some tips and tricks for parents to get started.
It may just seem like another expense in the long list of regular outgoings, but there’s a number of very good reasons behind why we’ve been giving a regular amount of money to children for the past two hundred years. So let’s look at the advantages of giving pocket money!
Pocket Money & Chores – It’s the second most popular question we get from parents, just behind ‘How much pocket money should I give?’ and understandably so, it can be a sensitive subject that stirs up mixed emotions.
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Many families on RoosterMoney use a reward chart and star charts to help manage their children’s pocket money or get them involved in household jobs! We have created a free reward chart template to make it easy for you to print off a customisable reward chart. Download our free Reward Chart Template here – RoosterMoney
