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Economics
and Finances
- Allowance
Statistics - How much money
kids get, according to a non-scientific poll; by age and amount received
weekly.
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Kid's Page - Interactive games, money counting exercises,
and trivia questions about money.
- Change Maker - An educational
game where the player must calculate the change given for a money
purchase. Currencies from the United States, Canada, Austraulia, United
Kingdom, and Mexico are available.
- Clown Club Savings
- SAFE Federal Credit Union's savings page where you can learn
more about saving money.
- Escape from Knab - Travelers stranded
in the Cyberspace world of Knab must earn money and invest it wisely
to get back home.
- FAQs about United States Paper
Currency - All you ever wanted to know about US paper money:
how it is produced, whose picture gets chosen, how much is printed,
trivia questions; from the US Dept. of the Treasury.
- FBLA-PBL Online - Home page for Future
Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda,which is a nonprofit educational
association of students preparing for careers in business; links businesspeople,
parents, and junior high and high school students in local chapters.
- FDIC: Learning Bank
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is the US governmental
agency that insures bank depositors if their bank fails. This site
is designed to help kids know how this agency works and why it is
important to have.
- FleetKids - Fleet Financial Group presents
a site which has games that teach how to run a business, manage money,
set financial goals, and budget. Registration is required, but is
free and there is a privacy clause. Games can be played individually,
but signing up schools and teachers is encouraged.
- Government Guide: Labor
Sites for Kids - Links to websites with information about
subjects such as the job market, specific jobs, wages, job safety,
and labor policy issues of interest to young people.
- Investing
- Online stock game helps kids learn how the stock market works.
- Junior Achievement of Wallingford - Organization
which helps children to value free enterprise through educational
programs.
- Just For the Fun of It - A few
quick sights and sounds of money, literally.
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Kids and Money
- A newsletter for young people and their parents about managing
money, from the North Dakota State University Extension Service.
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Kids
Can Save - Fantasy story with activities to encourage kids
to pay themselves first, start saving early and stick with a plan.
- Kids Club Savings Calculator
- Figure out how much you have to save before you can buy.
- Kids Resume
Maker - A form for kids to fill out that shows them what their
resume would look like based on the skills and aptitudes they have
right now.
- Kids' Money Q & A
- Children ask questions and get answers on how to make money.
- KidsBank - Sovereign Bank of New England
presents a tutorial for kids designed to explain the basics of such
banking services as how savings, interest, and checking works.
- KidStock - Learn all about stocks and investing.
- LavaMind's Games for Learning
- One game listed on this site, Gazillionaire, has a free shareware
version. The game is a simple business simulation where the player
runs a trading company in outer space.
- Lemonade Stand -
A business simulation designed to teach upper elementary school students
how to start and manage a business. Registration required but is free.
- Making Sense of
Money - Reviews of five books about teaching children about
money.
- Milo's Money Matters Game
- A counting game involving coins.
- Money Kit Do-it-Yourself
for Kids - A simple diagram that shows how to save money and
keep track of what you spend.
- Money Matters -
A list of online money-related activities for kids. First part of
an ongoing column.
- Money
Quiz - Quiz about who is on the front and back of all the
US bills; answers provided.
- MoneyCents: Making Money Make Sense for Kids
- Has some basic facts about the economy, history of money, starting
a business, saving money, spending money.
- Moneyopolis - Game challenges kids to
earn, save, and spend money. Players are given "seed money" and then
visit the game's seven centers: financial planning, job, banking,
shopping, education, community centers and city hall; includes teacher's
guide.
- My Parents Won't
Give Me Money for College - ParentSoup advises a teenager
on what to do when parents won't help support a college education.
- Rock the Cause - Online game designed
to help kids learn about finances and managing money.
- Salomon Smith Barney Young Investors Network
- Salomon Smith Barney's page designed to help kids learn the basics
of investing. Registration required, but is free.
- Simplified Tax & Wage Reporting
System - Introduces children to the process of starting a
business, paying taxes and filing reports in a fun and easy way to
understand.
- SmartStart - Presented by the Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce which has a savings account program they
are marketing, this site also has informative games, advice on how
to manage an allowance, advice on how to save.
- Super Fun Money Factoids -
Trivia game about coins, paper money, and the history of money.
- Tax Interactive - An online 'zine
for understanding taxes. It is geared towards teens and produced by
the US Internal Revenue Service
- The Business of Babysitting
- How to be a great babysitter and earn money doing it.
- The Liberty Bill Project
- Children across the country are asking Congress to put an abridged
version of the U.S. Constitution on the back of U.S. one dollar bills.
- The Magic Penny Enterprises - Helps kids
and teens learn how to earn, spend, save, and invest their money to
see it grow. Requires free registration.
- Stock Market Game - Interactive
game that takes over ten weeks. Designed for grades 4 through 12 and
to be used in a school setting.A small registration fee may be required;
participants register through their state or country coordinator,
listed on the site.
- The Universal Currency Converter(tm) - How
many Mexican pesos equal one U.S. dollar? How much does one Canadian
dollar equal in U.S. money? This online calculator will tell you what
the money in one country is worth in the money of another country.
- The Young Investor Web Site
- By a financial advisor who wants to sell a service, but it does
have some articles about how a kid can save money, start a business,
and get some questions about money answered.
- Wall Street Wizard - Site allows you
to sign for an e-mail newsletter that provide teens with information
on investing.
- Young Americans Bank and Education Foundation
- State-chartered FDIC-insured bank dedicated to providing a hands-on
learning experience for children and young adults.
- Young Investor Monthly - A monthly
newsletter for young and beginning investors.
- Young Investor Web Site - Site offer
kids and teens to learn the fundamentals of money and investing.
- Young Money Online Game Show - Play
the game to learn about finance and win prizes. Requires Shockwave.
- YoungBiz - Information on business, investing,
and entrepreneurship for teenagers.
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