financial education

The Money Game (and How to Win it)

May 19, 2011

By John Buerger, Guest Note from Elisabeth: John is on the board of directors of Creative Wealth International and love The Money Game. Here’s a great article he wrote on playing The Money Game to win. Right now, you are playing in the biggest, most important game of your life. How are you doing?That game [...]

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Of Slugs and Budgets – Guest Blog

May 12, 2011

Written by…Karyn Hodgens, author of Raised for Richness (Note from Elisabeth: thought maybe you didn’t get enough of the gardening metaphor from last week’s Financial Gardening article!) When my oldest son, Nathan, was four years old, I caught him crying silently in bed one night.  I had gone back into his room to tuck him [...]

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Basic Financial Principles All Children Need

April 28, 2011

Many people want to know what kids and teens learn in our Camp Millionaire summer or weekend workshops. To give you a basic overview of just some of what the kids learn, we’ve enclosed the basic Money Game Principles we cover in the weekend program. These are also the financial objectives of The Money Game. [...]

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Teaching kids about interest

April 27, 2011

Here’s a great article entitled, “5 lessons to teach kids how interest works” written by Tamara E. Holmes: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/five-credit-lessons-teach-kids-how-iinterest-works-1267.php To subscribe to this blog, just click here. Once or twice a week, you’ll receive my musings about financial education for kids and teens (and us big kids, too)! Please know that sometimes my ideas will [...]

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The Seven Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Spenders

March 10, 2011

Today’s Guest Blog is by Ted McLyman, the author of Money Makes Me Crazy. He has some great insight into why this green stuff we use seems so, well, hard to keep track of and just plain hard to keep in our pockets, let alone our bank accounts. I found it a delightful take on why [...]

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Financial Literacy: We Need A Paradigm Shift

February 17, 2011

Financial Literacy – The Old Paradigm Many years ago, most parents felt that the only way their adult children would succeed in life was to go to college, get good grades, graduate and get a good steady, secure job. This approach doesn’t work very well, however, for a kid who wants to be his own [...]

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How A Financial Education Program Can Help You Achieve Financial Independence

February 14, 2011

Author: Indra Arman Every day we are learning that individual debt is growing at an astronomical rate and people spend far more than they earn. Foreclosures, bankruptcies and consumer delinquency have reached an all time high. A major part of the problem has stemmed from the fact that the majority us were not provided with [...]

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How a stimulus package works!

January 29, 2011

Someone sent this to me the other day and I couldn’t help but post it here for you. We all wonder about the ‘stimulus’ packages that the government puts into place. Ever wondered how they really work? Here you go: It is a slow day in the small Saskatchewan town of Pumphandle and streets are [...]

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Make a Bank Date With Your Kids

November 23, 2010

Now that we have ATM machines that spit out money and credit cards that seem to magically buy anything we want, it’s important to give children a picture of what is happening behind the scenes so that they develop a healthy perspective on money. Even though it might seem unnecessary, we suggest making an actual [...]

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One Proud Mom!

October 30, 2010

I’ve been corresponding with a talented and passionate women named Kelly for a few weeks now about The Money Game and a few days ago she shared a great story with me concerning her daughter. I loved the story so much I asked if I could share it with all of you. The daughter, Jess, [...]

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