Cha-Ching: Charity
From Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids · 2011
3 minK1st2nd3rd4thSocial StudiesSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
In this Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids song, donating to charity means using some of your money to help other people and your community. 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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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Use these after the song to talk through the money idea it teaches.
- What does it mean to give to charity?
- How does donating money help other people?
- What is a cause or group you would like to help?
Quick work-a-long
Money words: charity, donate, give, help, community.
Try it: Name one charity or cause you care about and write one sentence about why helping it matters.