Cha-Ching: It's Got to Be Earned
From Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids · 2011
3 minK1st2nd3rd4thSocial Studies
Summary
In this Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids song, money doesn't just appear — people earn it by working and doing jobs. 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.
- Where does money come from, according to the song?
- What are some jobs grown-ups do to earn money?
- What is a chore or job you could do to help at home or school?
Quick work-a-long
Money words: earn, income, job, work, chores.
Try it: List three jobs and one chore, then circle the one you would most like to do to earn money.