Cha-Ching: When You Get Money
From Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids · 2011
3 minK1st2nd3rd4thSocial Studies
Summary
In this Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids song, when money comes your way, it's smart to make a plan for how much to save, spend, and donate. 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 is the first thing to do when you get some money?
- Why is it helpful to split money into save, spend, and donate?
- If you got $10, how would you split it up?
Quick work-a-long
Money words: plan, save, spend, donate, decide.
Try it: Show how you would divide $10 into save, spend, and donate amounts, and explain your choice.