Cha-Ching: Saving for Success
From Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids · 2011
3 minK1st2nd3rd4thSocial Studies
Summary
In this Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids song, setting a goal and saving a little at a time is how you reach something you really want. 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 save for a goal?
- Why is saving a little at a time easier than paying for everything at once?
- What goal could you start saving for right now?
Quick work-a-long
Money words: save, goal, plan, patient, reach.
Try it: Name one savings goal, write its cost, and draw a simple savings tracker with five boxes to fill in.