Children's money course (with a grown-up track)
Penny's Money Adventure
A fun guide to saving, spending and growing money — ages 5 to 10
Penny is counting coins in the park when Coins — a shimmering gold and silver friend — appears and takes her through the Magic Market, the Savings House and the Investment Forest. Six chapters, six playful modules, every one with a game a child can actually run today.
Alander Pulliam · 6 modules · 80 minutes · Children ages 5-10, with parents, guardians and classroom teachers reading alongside.
- Say what money is and where it comes from
- Sort any purchase into a need or a want
- Start a real saving habit with a jar, an envelope or an account
- Explain a seed, a plant and growing money in a child's own words
- Name the different places money can live
Built for young learners. A grown-up should sit with children under eight for the money exercises.
Chapter 1
What Is Money?
Penny is counting her coins in the park when Coins appears. Before they can go anywhere, Penny has to answer the first question: what is this stuff actually for?
- Name three things money can do
- Recognise coins and bills and their values
- Explain that money is traded for work
Story
Penny meets Coins
- Penny is in the park counting the coins in her hand.
- Coins appears — made of shimmering gold and silver.
- Coins asks her the first big question: do you know what money is FOR?