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Word and Category
Word: Manage
Related Definition: Budget + Plan + Track + Measure
Category: Action Word
What this category means:
Action words describe things people do with money. They help children understand how actions like planning, tracking, and organizing money affect outcomes.
Definitions
In Simple Words
Manage means to take care of something and make smart choices.
Managing money means deciding how to earn, save, and spend it.
A Little More Grown-Up
To manage money means to organize, plan, and control how money is used so it lasts and supports goals and needs.
Context Clues
You may see the word “manage” in Sammy Rabbit stories and activities when kids are learning how to plan their money, make choices, or keep track of spending and saving.
Sammy Says Sentences
Sammy Says: “When you manage your money, you’re the boss of your money! Learning to manage your money is a great habit!”
Silly Sentence
I tried to manage my snacks, but the cookies managed me instead.
Serious Sentence
Managing money helps people make choices that support their needs and goals.
Rhyming Sentences
Silly Rhyming Sentence:
I tried to manage, plan, and see, but my piggy bank winked at me!
Serious Rhyming Sentence:
When I manage money with care, I have enough to save and share.
Money Habit Sentences and Connection
Money Habit Sentences:
Not managing your money can lead to a bad money habit. Managing your money on purpose can lead to a good money habit.
Share with kids:
Learning to manage money helps kids understand that choices matter and money needs care and attention.
Examples of Manage
Planning how to use allowance money or money you earn or receive as a gift
Deciding how much to save and spend
Keeping track of money in a jar or account
Making a simple money plan
Examples of What Is Not Manage
Spending money without thinking
Ignoring where money goes
Letting money run out by accident
Related Money Words
Plan • Budget • Save • Spend • Track
Opposite Money Words
Waste • Ignore
Questions for Kids
Ask your child or student: “What is one way you can manage your money this week?”
Remember
Managing money means taking care of it so it can help you now and later.
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