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Fun with Family Financial Skills: Kids Learn to Save!

My students need tablets and books about money to use budgeting tools and learn about personal finance at school and at home!

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My Students

I want to teach my students about money, investing and budgeting: they’ll study this in school and then bring it home to work on with their parents. Often financial literacy is something that parents teach to their children, yet often parents don’t have those skills either.

My students are an absolute inspiration: the 120 students I see each day represent many countries, cultures, and languages – when I look out at them, I see the world looking back at me.

Despite the wealth of cultural experience in our student population, we are economically underrepresented and a high-poverty school. Our kids are desperately in need of financial literacy if they are going to be able to understand or change their financial situations. With these tools and the budgeting lessons that we will undertake, kids and their families can benefit while ensuring real learning about money. Many families need things like this taught to them as well. While parents might never approach the subject directly, they will happily do it if it is working with their kids on a project for school. Most of all, this is chance a for kids to build good money habits early on.

My Project

With these tools, students will engage in many activities to understand finances and how to deal with money. They will create a realistic personal budget for themselves and their families (this can be kept private and will not be shared in class) with short and long term goals. They will also create a weekly menu and grocery list, including finding coupons and comparison shopping in area food stores. We will study saving and checking accounts so students understand how they work– many students are not familiar with these and many parents do not even have them. Students will also create savings at home with a simple jar system or a piggy bank. We will learn about savings accounts, how interest works and cover fundamental ideas about budgeting, including delayed gratification and prioritizing. Students will use these tablets to explore fun and free websites to learn more. School is the only place many of my students have access to technology.

Financial literacy is an often neglected life skill that my students desperately need.

The will study financial concepts in school and then bring it home to work on with their parents. Often financial literacy is something that parents teach to their children, yet often parents don’t have those skills either. These tools will not only help my students to learn about budgeting and basic finance, but it will help their families learn as well.

Mr. Christiansen MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fire HD 6, 6" HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB - Includes Special Offers, Black • Amazon $119.00 5 $595.00
Teaching Kids About Money: A Step-By-Step Guide For Parents Who Want More For Their Kids • Amazon $16.81 15 $252.15
The Secret Life of Money: A Kid's Guide to Cash • Amazon $10.84 15 $162.60
Standing Protective Case for Fire HD 6 (4th Generation), Cayenne • Amazon $29.99 5 $149.95
Dome(R) Simplified Home Budget Book, 7 1/2in. x 10 1/2in., Teal • Amazon $6.65 15 $99.75
BIC Brite Liner Highlighters Chisel Point, Assorted Colors, 1 Dozen • Quill.com $5.94 10 $59.40
Pentel Sharp P200 Mechanical Pencils 0.7mm, Blue Barrel • Quill.com $3.91 12 $46.92
Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids • Amazon $8.89 5 $44.45
Post-it Notes, 3" x 3", Jaipur Collection, 18 Pads/Cabinet Pack • Quill.com $22.09 2 $44.18
The Stock Market: (Dollars and Sense: a Guide to Financial Literacy) • Amazon $32.99 1 $32.99
What Do We Buy?: A Look at Goods and Services (Lightning Bolt Books) • Amazon $25.26 1 $25.26
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of • Amazon $11.54 2 $23.08
Stanley Bostitch EPIC Business Pro 25 Sheet Capacity Desktop Stapler Magenta Wine • Quill.com $21.24 1 $21.24
Stanley Bostitch EPIC Business Pro 25 Sheet Capacity Desktop Stapler Titanium Gray • Quill.com $21.24 1 $21.24
Supply and Demand (Dollars and Sense: a Guide to Financial Literacy) • Amazon $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$1,591.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$23.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,645.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$290.30

Total project goal

$1,935.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,935.33

1 Donor

-$967.67

Donations toward project cost

-$822.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$145.15

match offer

-$967.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$822.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$145.15

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