The Banzai Elementary Personal Finance Workbook (recommended for grades 3–5) provides hands-on, unplugged activities that reinforce key money concepts taught in Banzai Junior or serve as standalone classroom lessons.
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Activities in the Elementary Personal Finance Workbook
The Financial Scoop: Students use key financial vocabulary terms to fill in the blanks of a story about a student managing money.
Money Math: Students practice practical money arithmetic by adding and subtracting various combinations of dollars and cents.
Paying with Cash and Making Change: Students practice counting cash, identifying coin denominations, and calculating correct change.
Microeconomics: Students analyze five real-world spending scenarios to identify the personal, social, and economic factors influencing each buyer's decisions.
Reading Challenge: Students read short informational passages explaining the fundamentals of insurance and borrowing money, followed by reading comprehension questions.
Wants vs. Needs: Students explore the core differences between essential needs and non-essential wants, categorizing everyday purchases.
Savings Plan: Students work through guided prompts to establish a realistic savings goal and map out actionable steps to reach it.
Time to Save: Students calculate how consistently setting aside small amounts of money compounds into significant savings over time.
Banzai Swap (Classroom Card Game): Using the punch-out cards included in the back of the booklet, students participate in an interactive trading game that illustrates supply, demand, and subjective value. The game is played in small groups of 5–7 students, culminating in a full-class final trading round.
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