Parent Guide: Start with a Song!
- 5+
- Habits ,
- Saving ,
- Goals ,
- Esteem ,
- Choices ,
- Compound Interest
- Listening ,
- Reading
Guide your child’s money learning. Help them build their money habits and skills. Set them up for a lifetime of sustained success. Singing and reading song lyrics with your kids is a great way to do all of the aforementioned.
Steps
Have child listen to the song Get in the Habit!
Have child do one or all of the song activities linked below. Have child listen to this song again and Sammy Rabbit’s other songs while doing activities.
Review and discuss song and activities together.
Have child begin creating their own Dream Big Journal. Have child deposit completed activities in their Journal.
Links to Activities
Song: Get in the Habit.
Activity: Read Song Lyrics
Activity: Decode Secret Message
Activity: Solve Mystery Phrase and Maze
Activity: Do Song Quiz
Activity: Parent Child Discussion
Activity: Build your Dream Big Journal
Next Step. Build the Savings Habit
Begin or continue to build your child’s savings habit.
Have child create their own personal home saving jar (“piggy bank”). If they already have one, perfect! AND/OR open a savings account for your child at a financial institution. Regardless of the amount, encourage, incentivize and direct them to “habitually” deposit a part of all the money they earn or receive. Celebrate deposits and the habit of saving.
Recommended Reading: Saving Money is Vital. 10 Reasons Why!
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