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How to Spend Wisely: How to Distinguish Needs vs Wants, How to Plan and Budget, Perfect for Preschool and Primary Grade Kids
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Synopsis
This is a story about Hank the Hamster who wants to buy several things for his loved ones and himself. With his pencil and notebook, Mike takes a trip to the store to gather the prices of the things he wants to buy. He realized that he needed $20 to purchase everything he wanted. But Mike only has $10 in his Spend Piggy Bank. What is he going to do?
Hank's story is an excellent way to teach children the value of money, budgeting, and the difference between needs and wants. It's a fun and engaging way to help kids understand the importance of saving, prioritizing, and making choices. Parents will appreciate the practical and valuable lessons their children will learn from this book.
What parents think about this book…
"The presentation of the ideas is flawless."
"I would say this is a must but for parents of children of all ages."
"This is the first book in this series I've checked out, and I'm hooked =) the book is colorful, and the concepts are presented in exactly the right way."
"A terrific little story, both well-written and insightful. What a wonderful way to teach children the importance of managing their money and differentiating between want and need. Parents will have a wonderful time reading this to their children."
"This book is clever in that it uses cute images and items that even kids know of and recognize."
Synopsis
This is a story about Hank the Hamster who wants to buy several things for his loved ones and himself. With his pencil and notebook, Mike takes a trip to the store to gather the prices of the things he wants to buy. He realized that he needed $20 to purchase everything he wanted. But Mike only has $10 in his Spend Piggy Bank. What is he going to do?
Hank's story is an excellent way to teach children the value of money, budgeting, and the difference between needs and wants. It's a fun and engaging way to help kids understand the importance of saving, prioritizing, and making choices. Parents will appreciate the practical and valuable lessons their children will learn from this book.
What parents think about this book…
"The presentation of the ideas is flawless."
"I would say this is a must but for parents of children of all ages."
"This is the first book in this series I've checked out, and I'm hooked =) the book is colorful, and the concepts are presented in exactly the right way."
"A terrific little story, both well-written and insightful. What a wonderful way to teach children the importance of managing their money and differentiating between want and need. Parents will have a wonderful time reading this to their children."
"This book is clever in that it uses cute images and items that even kids know of and recognize."
34 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2022
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
August 10, 2022
Read for my toddler's bedtime. Great book about buying things you need instead of things you want so as not to waste money. Highly recommend this book!
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February 15, 2022
Enough for a child. This book can help you to know how to manage your spending by controlling what you need and what you want. Sometimes we want to buy all then out of money, but how many of them is what you really need?
At the ending pages, the author gave some methods to practice and guild your child to distinguish which one belongs to "need" or "want".
A helpful book to grow your children with personal finance.
At the ending pages, the author gave some methods to practice and guild your child to distinguish which one belongs to "need" or "want".
A helpful book to grow your children with personal finance.
February 9, 2023
Understanding Wants and Needs with math
The concept of this book is very interesting of trying to teach the basic understanding of need versus wants. The book goes through some basic math that might be a challenge for you the lower range of the intended audience. While the illustrations do a good job representing the story, the illustration is basic compared to the level of understanding of this topic. The age range of the story is more like 5-8 years and the illustrations are more like 2-4 year old. While a very gifted 3 year may understand the concept of doing math outlined in the book, I am unsure if they would have the ability to go to the store and find out the prices themselves. The story is well written and the content is good.
The concept of this book is very interesting of trying to teach the basic understanding of need versus wants. The book goes through some basic math that might be a challenge for you the lower range of the intended audience. While the illustrations do a good job representing the story, the illustration is basic compared to the level of understanding of this topic. The age range of the story is more like 5-8 years and the illustrations are more like 2-4 year old. While a very gifted 3 year may understand the concept of doing math outlined in the book, I am unsure if they would have the ability to go to the store and find out the prices themselves. The story is well written and the content is good.
March 30, 2022
Wants and Needs
I liked the presentation of children making a list for wants and needs. Sweet and sensible story regarding the value of saving and spending wisely. Liked the guide in the back for caregivers to explain to kiddos how to itemize properly. Looking forward to follow up books.
I liked the presentation of children making a list for wants and needs. Sweet and sensible story regarding the value of saving and spending wisely. Liked the guide in the back for caregivers to explain to kiddos how to itemize properly. Looking forward to follow up books.
December 10, 2022
Spending Time Wisely
Very smart and well explained concept of how to introduce the necessity of money to our kiddos. I especially liked the explanation on how children separate wants from needs. Every child should be sat down and given this introduction. Fantastic series.
Very smart and well explained concept of how to introduce the necessity of money to our kiddos. I especially liked the explanation on how children separate wants from needs. Every child should be sat down and given this introduction. Fantastic series.
December 25, 2022
Money Skills
I loved it. Wish someone started me on this path. I will definitely pass it on to my toddler neice.
I loved it. Wish someone started me on this path. I will definitely pass it on to my toddler neice.
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