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Budget
Parents have your kids read the lyrics to the Sammy Rabbit money song titled, Budget!
Music is a fun, easy and time efficient way to teach kids about money! It is also a Sammyriffic way to celebrate great money habits. Music and singing bring joy and energy to money lessons and learning about personal finance.
7 Step Money Lesson
Here are seven simple steps that will have parents, teachers, and trainers having a blast teaching young kids about budgeting.
Step 1. Read Song Lyrics Together
INTRO
B-U-D-G-E-T!
CHORUS
A budget is a money plan
Tells you where and when
Your money's coming in
Tells you where and when
Your money is going out
Keeps you from spinning round and round
Shows you just how your money flows
And where your money goes
VERSE
You add it up, you subtract it down
In and out, up and down
That's what a budget's is all about
Answers all your
Who, what, when, where's and why's
GiveS you the 4-1-1
Doesn't tell a lie
Let's you know if you are ahead or behind
Keeps worries from your mind
Free from money binds
In and out, up and down
That's what a budget's is all about
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE
Let's not debate, let's talk straight
A budget backs you up
Same as a measuring cup
Keeps you out of quick sand
On the road to the promised land
Gives you the time and date
Of everything you spend
Everything you planned
It's just a chart that let's you know
How your money flows, where your money goes
You will stay out of the hole,
So you stay in control
So you have plenty of money to rock and roll
REPEAT CHORUS
Step 2. Listen to the Song
Now listen to the song Budget together. Listen as many times as you like!
Step 3. Discuss Song
For example, I love the lyrics:
"... a budget is a money plan ..."
"... keeps worries from your mind ..."
"... you will stay out of the hole, so you stay in control ..."
Here are some questions to spark conversation:
Do you think having a plan and budget for your money will help you make better money choices? Why or why not?
Can you think of one way a budget can help keep worries from your mind?
How do you imagine being stuck in a money hole feels compared to being in control of your money?
Step 4. Activities
If you are a premimun Sammy Rabbit Money School member, have your child, children or students complete one or all of the activities that accompany the song Budget.
If you are not a premium School member, join. This is a wonderful way to support Sammy's mission to bring financial literacy education to kids and families across the world.
If you are Free member, listen to more music from Sammy's Song Series. And keep having discussions with your parents and teachers about the money habits shared in the songs.
Step 5. Review and Discuss Activities
After your child, children or students has completed the activities for the song Budget, review and discuss them together.
Step 6. Deposits
Applied knowledge is powerful and life transforming.
Give your child or children opportunities to earn and save money.
Make a deposit with your child or children into a piggy bank, savings jar or into a savings account at the financial institution of your choice. Get them in the habits of earning, saving and budgeting money. You can start with a first simple budget. Small steps work. Oh yes!
Have your child deposit the activities they complete into their Dream Big Journal!
Step 7. Keep Learning
Sammy Rabbit says:
Always be learning! You can do it. Now, get to it! Have a Sammyriffic time!
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