Cha-Ching: Big Big Waste of Money
From Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids · 2014
3 min2nd3rd4th5thSocial Studies
Summary
In this Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids song, buying things you don't need or use is a waste of money you could have saved or spent better. A lively three-minute animated music video that makes a financial-literacy idea easy to drop into a morning meeting or a social studies / economics lesson for young learners.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Use these after the song to talk through the money idea it teaches.
- What makes a purchase a 'waste of money'?
- Have you ever bought something you stopped using quickly?
- How could thinking first help you avoid wasting money?
Quick work-a-long
Money words: waste, choice, value, regret, needs.
Try it: Write about one way to avoid wasting money the next time you want to buy something.