Teaching Kids About Money

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Teaching kids about money

Learning about money - Emma Raducanu tells a Fairer Tale

In Emma Dodd’s Fairer Tales, your children will meet some familiar names and faces but their stories are a little different. As they follow Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel, they learn how earning and managing their money wisely can lead to exciting adventures and achieving their goals.

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Why is money valuable?

Teach your kids the basics of adding up money and understanding the value of coins.

Counting money - notes and coins This link will open in a new window

Money maths - adding up This link will open in a new window

Understanding coins This link will open in a new window

Teaching kids how to manage money

Help kids understand how much money they have and the different ways it can be used.

Fairground fun on the helter skelter This link will open in a new window

Fairground fun on the big wheel This link will open in a new window

Spend money now or save up for something big? This link will open in a new window

Learning the difference between wants and needs

Tools to help you teach kids that they can't have everything they want all at once.

Paying for lunch This link will open in a new window

Buying toys This link will open in a new window

Resources for parents and educators

We know that parents and teachers play a key role in a child’s development. That’s why we support Money Heroes which aims to teach financial education to children aged 3 to 11, both at home and in the classroom. It offers activities, storybooks and guidance to help develop knowledge, skills and attitudes for a successful financial future.

With HSBC's support, The Scout Association has created a new Money Skills Activity Badge to help Beaver and Cub Scouts build confidence and an understanding of money – in the Scouts’ uniquely fun, hands-on and supportive way. The new activities and badge are available to over 200,000 Scouts aged 6 to 10, with parents and carers able to get involved as well by visiting the Scouts Activity page.

If you're interested in running financial education sessions, you can nominate your school, youth group or charity. The education programme can be tailored to focus on specific age groups and needs so you can get the most from each session.

If you’d like HSBC UK Financial Capability lessons to run in your school, college, university or other organisation, please get in touch. The programme is free and can focus on specific year groups or can be for the whole school.

Just email educationteam@hsbc.com, and include the following details about the school, college, university or organisation:

name of organisation
full address with postcode
email address
contact person at the organisation
your relationship to the organisation
if you‘d like digital classes or for an HSBC UK learning lead to attend in person

Teaching kids about money

Learning about money - Emma Raducanu tells a Fairer Tale

Learning how money works

Why is money valuable?

Teaching kids how to manage money

Learning the difference between wants and needs

Resources for parents and educators

Money Heroes

Scouts Money Skills Activity Badge

HSBC UK Education Programme

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Financial literacy for kids

Children's bank account

Children's Savings Account

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