Let’s face it…
Kids these days (some as young as twelve months) spend more time in front of screens now than ever before!
Well, here’s a way to make your child’s screen time more beneficial to their future.
In this article, we list our top three essential websites that turn “tablet time” into a fun and engaging financial literacy lesson for young children of all ages.
Practical Money Skills
This Visa (the credit card company) founded and funded blog provides free educational resources for children of all ages.
Their lesson plans, interactive games, activities, and downloadable worksheets teach and empower young people to better manage their finances, and offer them cheat codes to live the best quality of life when they’re grown up.
Website: practicalmoneyskills.com
Money as You Grow
This Consumer Finance Protection Bureau curated website offers plenty of free reading material and age-appropriate exercises to equip your kids with the skills necessary to live fiscally-fit lives as adults.
The lessons in Money as You Grow were based on more than a year of research, and drawn from dozens of standards, curricula, and academic studies.
Website: www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/money-as-you-grow/
U.S. Mint for Kids
This coin-creating government agency (U.S. Mint) offers educational games, information about coins (their history, how they’re made, the many types of coins, etc.) videos, and downloadable coloring books and other free material.
Website: https://www.usmint.gov/learn/kids
Conclusion
These websites prove that screen time with the kiddos can be a positive thing.
Explore this list to help your child discover their financial literacy superpowers one website at a time!