Family finances, as its name implies, are family matters. We have compiled for you articles on family economics and how to conduct yourself better in the world of abundance, free downloadable games through which you can enrich your children’s knowledge on topics related to money, financial concepts, wise consumerism, and financial decision making, stories with a financial touch that can be read together and links to other sites where you can find more of this goodness.
Family economics for the elderly among us:
Teaching children financial concepts in life situations
Money doesn’t grow on trees, the relationship between income and expenses
A saving family to make a dream come true
Pocket money – how, how much and why
How to survive shopping at the supermarket with the kids
How do you talk to children about money? Every home and family has worldviews related to money. Even when things are not said loudly or openly, the messages are conveyed to the children through economic conduct. So how should you deal with your children on financial issues?
Family budget: why do you need it at all? – Want something from the deals? There is nothing like this question to illustrate how difficult it is to be a consumer in a world of abundance. So you manage a family budget and manage to both enjoy life and live at the level of income.
Financial education with children:
Games free download
The games from Paamonim are games that enable discourse and learning financial education through joint play. The games are free to download from the site but are only in Hebrew.
Ladders and Ropes – an experiential family game that allows through play to examine with the children their attitude towards money, shopping, wise consumerism and proper financial conduct.
Tick-Tacktziv (A family budget game) – What is a mortgage? What is interest? How do you decide what to buy at the supermarket? This game is an experiential game for the whole family, that will help you teach your child basic concepts in family economics.
Stories
“Paamonim” stories (only in Hebrew) are about money and money-management published in children’s newspapers in past years:
How do you save money? (Tulip)
The advertisements and us (letters)
Mom’s car (letters)
Recommendation: “If you go out, you reach wonderful places” by Dr. Seuss
Videos to watch together
Smart Shopping – Need or Want
Small expenses Big money
Money is not child’s play – from the “My Treasure” website
