Financial Garden is ideal for:
After-School Programs
Children's Church
Classrooms
Elementary
Your students will end the Financial Garden program being able to:
- Define income and ways to earn it
- Present ideas for becoming a kidpreneur
- Explain and apply budgeting concepts
- Explain and apply short term vs. long term savings goal
- Understand the role emotion plays in spending money
- Explain why banks are important
Middle School
Your students will end the Financial Garden program being able to:
- Explore the possibilities of becoming an entrepreneur
- Understand payroll taxes
- Explore services offered by financial institutions
- Define and build a budget
- Understand the basics of investing
- Examine the effects of emotional spending
- Explain the average cost of college
High School
Your students will end the Financial Garden program being able to:
- Explore the possibilities of becoming an entrepreneur
- Examine the pro's and con's of pre-paid debit cards
- Understand how to open a checking account
- Define and build a budget
- Understand the college financial aid process
- Explain factors of a credit score
- Be introduced to ways to avoid student loan debt