Training
Sammy Rabbit’s Training Center
How to work with and teach kids about money: Video demonstrations of tips and strategies
Reading
Read stories or song lyrics to teach kids money lessons
- How to Read to Kids Like a Pro: Sammy’s Big Dream – Strategy 1
- Reading Sammy’s Big Dream to 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders
- Reading to large groups of kids
- Have kids read in pairs
- Read-A-Long. Have kids practice their reading skills using the lyrics to a Sammy Song: Big Ol’ Dream
Music and Sing-A-Longs
Read stories or song lyrics to teach kids money lessons
- Get in the Habit. Kelsey Malecha, Leader
- Get in the Habit. Sam X Renick (Off key and off beat)
- Get in the Habit. Student group performance (Malabar elementary school)
- S.A.V.E. Save Song YMCA Preschool Program
Discussions. Q&A.
Lead a discussion or question and answer session to teach kids money lessons
Skits
Use skits to teach kids money lessons
Activities, Exercises
Use skits and exercises to teach kids money lessons
- Activity. Make a Dream Big List
- Activity. College Big Dream Activity
- Exercise. What are some of our money choices?
- Exercise. Imagine you make a dream come true like graduating from college
- Exercise. Kids share a big college dream – Yale University
- Exercise. 2nd grader shares a big dream (Alison)
- Exercise. 2nd graders share a big dream (Joanna)
- Exercise. Imagine you make a dream come true like graduating from college
- Exercise. Preschool student learns interactive definition of saving money
- Exercise. Preschool children learn the sound of saving
- Exercise. Practice making deposits into a savings jar
Arts & Crafts
Have kids do an art or craft to teach them money lessons