My Saving Goal

What your kid learns

• Pick a thing

  A goal is the thing you save for. Pick one thing you really want.

• Find its price

  Look at the price tag. Now you know how much to save.

• Save until it reaches the price

  Put coins in your jar. When the jar reaches the price, you’re done!

• Buy it and celebrate

  When the jar is full, buy your goal. Then celebrate!

The story: Sam saves for a ball

In a living room, Sam saves 2 cents a week in a goal jar until it reaches the 10-cent pretend price of a ball.

1. Helper: Hi there! Sam wants a new ball.
2. Grown-up: Let’s make it a goal. First, find the price.
3. Sam: The ball is 10¢. I will save until my jar has 10¢.
4. Helper: Week 1: Sam saves 2¢.
5. Helper: Week 2, week 3, week 4. More coins go in!
6. Helper: Week 5: the jar reaches 10¢. Ready!
7. Sam: My goal is done. Now I can buy the ball!
8. Helper: Pick it, price it, save for it!

The game: Goal Jar

Pick how much to save each week. Watch the jar fill to a pretend 10¢.

Games use pretend money and work with taps or a keyboard. Nothing is timed.

New words

goal

the thing you are saving for

Also called: savings goal

price

how much something costs

Also called: cost

Questions at the end

• What is a goal?
• How do you know you are done?
• What fills the goal jar?

Remember this

Pick it, price it, save for it.

Talk about it

What is one thing you would like to save for, and what might it cost?

Try it at home: Draw your goal

1. Draw the thing you want to save for.
2. Add a pretend price.
3. Hang it by your jar or on the fridge.

No jar yet? Hang your drawing anywhere you will see it.

School standards

• Grade K
• C3 Social Studies Framework, Economics D2.Eco.10.K-2
• Florida standards SS.1.E.1.5 (early)
• National Standards for Personal Financial Education: Saving