Teaching Kids About Money Article Archive

Tips on how to teach children about how to handle money, budget, invest, and understand credit. Find even more on building math skills at home.

• Shopping Trip Links Math Skills to Daily LifeOne of the best ways to encourage learning is to connect lessons to real life.
• Practice Math at the Grocery StoreA trip to the grocery store is always a learning opportunity.
• Build Math Skills With Million Dollar EstimatesMany kids don’t have a sense of big numbers or large amounts of money.
• Budgeting Builds Math SkillsA key middle school math concept is figuring out the mean (or average) of numbers.
• Investment Game Teaches Important SkillsNearly every middle schooler is interested in making money.
• Encourage Your Teenager To Keep a Spending NotebookTeens need help in learning how to manage their money.
• Practice Real-World Percentage ProblemsMany times, teens know how to find the correct answer to a percentage problem, but they make simple mistakes that cause them to get the problem wrong.
• Help Your Child Learn About Money and ValuesTips for helping your child understand the value of money.
• Teach Your Child Responsibility, Build Math SkillsHow allowance can help with math skills.
• Use an Allowance To Teach Children the Value of MoneyGuidelines help ensure that an allowance teaches good money management skills.
• Small Allowance Teaches Children Big LessonsA small allowance can help a child develop responsibility.
• Turn a Trip to the Grocery Store Into a Math LessonA trip to the grocery store can yield far more than food supplies.
• Boost Math Skills With the Change GameChildren—and many adults—have a hard time making change or knowing whether they’ve received the correct change back after a purchase. Give your child this much-needed practice.
• Practice Math While Running ErrandsHere are ideas for building math skills while you and your child are out and about doing everyday chores.