Category Archives: On Spending

Financial Literacy Month – 7 Ways to Celebrate

Along with buds, birds, bunnies and baseball, April brings us Financial Literacy Month. Let’s celebrate it by teaching kids to spend with joy, save for the future and share with others. Here are some ideas and resources to help you further that goal in a fun and creative way. Continue reading

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Reading Makes Cents – Financial Literacy for Kids

Being a lifelong suburbanite and never introduced to 4-H, my knowledge of 4-H has been limited to stories in the paper about prize-winning sheep and goats at the local county fair that were raised by 4-H kids. I feel certain … Continue reading

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Kids Saving Green by Saving the Planet

You’re in for a treat!  Let me introduce you to Green My Parents (www.greenmyparents.com), a program (and a book by the same name) that shows youth how to “seed the green economy and save the planet” by teaching their parents how to … Continue reading

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