Money Skills Overview
Children don’t need complex lessons to become money-smart.
They need clear ideas, small choices, and gentle guidance over time.
At Play Your Cards Right, everything is built around six core money skills for children aged 5–11.
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🧠 The 6 Core Money Skills
These six skills are fully taught and practised in the workbook
Little Choices, Big Money Smarts.
The website introduces them.
The book does the teaching.
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💼 1. Budget
Helping children understand that money is planned and used with purpose.
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🧺 2. Needs
Helping children recognise what is essential and necessary.
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🎁 3. Wants
Helping children understand choice, preference, and decision-making.
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🌟 4. Bucket List
Helping children think about goals and things they would like to work towards.
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🐷 5. Savings
Helping children learn patience, planning, and delayed gratification.
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🌱 6. Increasing (Investment)
Introducing the idea that money can grow over time.
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🎯 How These Skills Work Together
These skills are not meant to be rushed or mastered all at once.
They work best when:
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introduced slowly
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revisited often
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practised through everyday moments
Small choices lead to big confidence.
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📘 Where the Learning Happens
Each skill has its own chapter and worksheet inside the workbook.
Parents and children work through them together — at a pace that feels right.
👉 Explore the workbook: Little Choices, Big Money Smarts
(Available on Lulu and Amazon)
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💛 Keep It Simple
You don’t need to explain everything.
You don’t need to get it perfect.
One skill at a time is enough.
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