Budgeting and Planning

Managing the present to help build a future

• Taking Control of Your Money – This is a link to a chapter in CFEE’s book “Money and Youth” that focuses on budgeting and planning.

• Budgets and Budgeting – This is the section from the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education’s web site “Managing Your Money in Canada” that focuses on budgets and budgeting.

• Budgeting – This is the section from the Investor Education Fund web site “Get Smarter About Money” that focuses on budgeting.

• Make It Count – Canadian Securities site – On line lessons and worksheets on money concepts.

• Budgeting – U.S. site: This website has worksheets and lesson plans for elementary students on budgeting concepts.

• Budgeting Skills – U.S. site:  Games that teach budgeting skills.

• Economic Literacy Education – U.S. site: Economic Literacy Education site – lessons for grades 5 to 8 on many topics.

• Financial Literacy Lessons – U.S. site: A series of lessons about savings and budgeting, including money matters, credit concepts, future goals, investing and budgeting.

• Monthly Family Budget – U.S. site: Many lessons such as a Monthly Family Budget. Worksheets for students and teachers are included.

• Savings Quest and Kids Bank Games – U.S. site: Games called Savings Quest and Kids Bank – that teach kids about saving and banking.

• Teaching Money Concepts – U.S. site: Many lessons for teaching money concepts: e.g. money management, needs and wants and market values.

Videos:

• Teen Financial Literacy – CTV News – Teen Financial Literacy videos.

• Song Videos – U.S. site: Several song videos that teach about planning for the unexpected, saving, needs and wants, making money, etc. from National Geographic Kids.