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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
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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?