Shortening The Money Game I often get calls from people who want to know if they can use The Money Game in a shorter time frame, like two hours or less. This is a great question, and depending on the group that you're teaching, sometimes the answer is "Yes", sometimes the answer is "Maybe" and [...]
Keeping Track of Your Stuff If you don’t keep track of your things, they tend to get misplaced. Keys are like that. Sunglasses are like that. Time is like that and money is seriously like that. Heck, kids can be that way sometimes, too! A large majority of adults, if they are honest, don’t [...]
Many people in the world look around and wonder how the rich actually got that way. Some are envious, some are angry, some think it’s unfair, some rejoice in others fortunes, and many understand that wealthy folks do more good in the world than all of the government agencies combined. Regardless of what your [...]
Because we recognize that sometimes, as Money Game Instructors, you have plenty of time to spread the rounds and lessons over several class or session periods and sometimes you are given an hour and have to squeeze as much education and experience into that time as you can, we've designed a couple of different types of [...]
After doing several short one-day programs where I focus mostly on The Money Game and maybe add one or more Extra Activities, I have developed a basic supplies list that I always use to make sure I haven't forgotten anything (because there's nothing more frustrating and embarrassing then forgetting one or more of the supplies [...]
Back by popular demand, parents this summer have the rare opportunity let someone else make sure their teens know exactly what it’s going to take to move out and live on their own. Most parents admit they wished they’d learned this stuff when before they moved out. This summer, teenagers can spend 3 fun-filled days [...]
Hi all... When I moved a little over a year ago, I put a whole bunch of inventory in my storage unit.I was going through said unit this past weekend and found a bunch of kid's books I'd like to send your way so YOU can enjoy them and I can, well, clear out my storage unit! Here's [...]
I look around at kids these days, and by kids I mean anyone under 30, and wonder what it is exactly we are teaching them at home and at school? I know I'm not alone in this inquiry...parents, teachers and adults everywhere are questioning what American children are learning and how to change this as [...]
When we play The Money Game with kids, teens and adults, we like to focus on the financial habits it takes to become financially free. We compare the habits of financial free, rich, wealthy people with poor people and yes, they are poor. You can call them low-income if you want because you think it [...]
As you know, I love getting great questions about The Money Game that allow me to expand the game even further. Sometimes the questions spur an addition that is so blatantly missing in the game it causes me to pause, and think, "How did I miss that?" It always reaffirms my continual philosophy that all [...]
To Parents of Teens: So often, by the time our kids turn into adults, we realize we haven’t given them much guidance on how to be successful out there in the real world of business. Here are 4 simple things any teen can do today to give themselves a leg up later. To Teens: It [...]
We all know that financial literacy 'should' be a required subject in our schools, preparing our kids and teens to go out into the world and not only handle money wisely but be able to invest it so it works for them instead of them always working for it. We also know that people all [...]
