by Elisabeth Donati | Sep 25, 2018 | Extra Money Game Activities Category, Financial Education, Money Game FAQ, Money Game Specific
Shortening The Money Game I often get calls from people who want to know if they can use The Money Game in a shorter time frame, like two hours or less. This is a great question, and depending on the group that you’re teaching, sometimes the answer is...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jun 17, 2018 | Financial Education, Financial Principles
Keeping Track of Your Stuff If you don’t keep track of your things, they tend to get misplaced. Keys are like that. Sunglasses are like that. Time is like that and money is seriously like that. Heck, kids can be that way sometimes, too! A large majority of adults, if...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jul 30, 2012 | Children Financial Education, Financial Education, Money Game Specific
When we play The Money Game with kids, teens and adults, we like to focus on the financial habits it takes to become financially free. We compare the habits of financial free, rich, wealthy people with poor people and yes, they are poor. You can call them low-income...
by Elisabeth Donati | May 2, 2012 | Children Financial Education, Financial Education, Money Game Specific, Train-the-Trainer
We all know that financial literacy ‘should’ be a required subject in our schools, preparing our kids and teens to go out into the world and not only handle money wisely but be able to invest it so it works for them instead of them always working for it....
by Elisabeth Donati | Nov 16, 2011 | Extra Money Game Activities Category, Financial Education
Almost 10 year journey I embarked on a journey into the fascination field of financial education and along the way, there have been people and processes added to our programs that enhanced their effectiveness by leaps and bounds. One of these activities was suggested...
by Elisabeth Donati | Apr 13, 2011 | Adult Financial Education, Financial Education, Money Game Specific, Money Game Training Workshops, Powerful Teaching Techniques
You know…there are certain books that, after you’ve read them, change your life so thoroughly you can’t imagine what your life would have been like, or where it would have gone, had you NOT read them. This is how I feel about the following books...