I just finished reading an article about how the Boys and Girls Club got together to teach young kids the value of money. Hmmm.. I thought this was an interesting article considering a lot of students begin feeling financial pressures in college and after graduation.. Perhaps teaching them these ideas young will better prepare students to start saving from the beginning -
“The crew consisted of around 100, 6- to 8-year-olds from the Boys and Girls Club camp group who visited different stations, nicknamed “islands,” in the club’s gymnasium. Their final goal was to find a hidden treasure -and, of course, learn the basics of saving money, understand the workings of banks and credit unions, and appreciate the value of giving money to charity. Making a profit along the way was also not so bad.
“We chose this because we wanted to do financial education in the community,” said Sue Lapa of Yorktown, known Thursday as “Sea Legs Suzie,” who is otherwise the vice president of member services for Purchase-based Quorum. “We did some research and found that there were very few financial education services out there for little kids, who are really important to reach because they are very impressionable.”
(The URL : http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070630/NEWS02/706300351/1018)
Great idea… making learning about money in the form of a ‘pirate adventure’ — savinggg money can be fun!
