In a Junior Achievement class with 1st graders, each student had two cards in front of them. One said 'Wants'. The other said 'Needs'.Their instruction...when I hold up a poster they have to freeze for
Posted May 27 2010 by
Linda Keith
In the mood to be inspired? Read on. Not in the mood, scroll to the bottom of the post for some 'cost' definitions and why they are important.If you have not yet presented a Junior
Posted Dec 29 2009 by
Linda Keith
What a hoot! If you want a quick video to play for a group of young people about money, you can't do better with a 2.5 minute clip than this.Click here and then on
Posted May 27 2008 by
Linda Keith
If you have not had the privilege of spending time with 7, 8 and 9 year-olds lately, you are missing out! I taught the first two segments of the Junior Achievement Program for 2nd graders:
Posted May 12 2008 by
Linda Keith
'How many of you would like to start a business when you grow up?'I did not get quite as many raised hands as I did for: 'How many of you would like to be rich?'Then
Posted May 11 2008 by
Linda Keith
Continuing the report from the Money WI$E Women Conference in February, Number Four in our 'short list' of influences on our kids sense of money is what they learn, and don't learn, at school. I don't
Posted Mar 10 2008 by
Linda Keith
The third major influence on how kids learn about money that we came up with at the conference on MoneyWI$E Women was the media. We threw into that bucket TV, Internet, Video games and Computer
Posted Mar 06 2008 by
Linda Keith
At the session on educating kids about money at the MONEYWI$E Women Conference, the second pick for how kids learn about money was their friends and peers. Strategy 1: When kids are younger, engage them
Posted Mar 03 2008 by
Linda Keith
At the MONEYWI$E Women Conference our session on 'Teaching kids about money' listed Parents and other family members as the number one way kids learn. So...what to do about that. How effective is it when
Posted Feb 28 2008 by
Linda Keith
As part of my work with Pigs Can FLY, the national campaign for financial literacy I founded, I was a speaker yesterday on 'Raising MoneyWi$e Kids' at the MONEYWI$E Women™ Conference in Tacoma. Founded by
Posted Feb 24 2008 by
Linda Keith