{"id":688,"date":"2011-03-25T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2011-02-22T22:27:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T03:27:15","slug":"money-games-for-kids-the-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/688\/money-games-for-kids-the-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Money games for kids \u2013 The Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third post about fun resources and games for kids to help with their financial education. I  will keep them coming for you,<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy everyone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themint.org\/kids\/saving.html\" target=\"_blank\">TheMint.org<\/a> money online game shows kids and teens how to think about money and manage it wisely. There\u2019s information to read, games to play and quizzes to take.<\/p>\n<p>Under \u201cFun for Kids\u201d there are \u201cdiscover\u201d and \u201cplay\u201d areas.  Here kids will learn about earning, saving, spending and giving.<\/p>\n<p>There are many activities, challenges and calculators.  Some deal with spending, saving, and borrowing.<\/p>\n<p>Kids will learn just how sharp their money smarts are with the \u201cEntrepreneur Challenge,\u201d the \u201cTruth About Millionaires\u201d and \u201cWhat Kind of Spender are You?\u201d quizzes.  Also, they will enjoy the saving, compounding, power of 72 and \u201cWhen Will You Be a Millionaire?\u201d calculators.<\/p>\n<p>Under \u201cTips for Teens,\u201d teens will learn about earning, saving, spending, owing, tracking, giving, investing and safeguarding.<\/p>\n<p>Their money smarts will be tested with \u201cBe Your Own Boss Challenge\u201d and \u201cSpending Challenge.\u201d The quizzes \u201cWhat Kind of Spender are You?,\u201d \u201cTruth About Millionaires,\u201d  \u201cI Paid How Much?\u201d and \u201cCredit Card IQ\u201d will challenge them.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not forget about their different calculators! ;o) Teens will be intrigued with the saving, power of 72, compounding, debt, lifespan and \u201cWhen Will<br \/>\nYou Be a Millionaire?\u201d calculators.<\/p>\n<p>Teens are also given opportunities to write a check, determine a budget and balance a checking account.<\/p>\n<p>Oops, I almost forgot the section devoted to parents entitled \u201cPointers for Parents.\u201d  That\u2019s important, too. o;)<\/p>\n<p>Cheers \u2026 Amanda van der Gulik \u2026 Excited Life Enthusiast! ;o)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third post about fun resources and games for kids to help with their financial education. I will keep them coming for you, Enjoy everyone! TheMint.org money online game shows kids and teens how to think about money &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/688\/money-games-for-kids-the-mint\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[34,1548,1552],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-money-lessons-for-children","tag-financial-education","tag-kids-and-money","tag-money-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":711,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}