Spend It or Save It? is a financial literacy program for students in grades 3-5. This interactive experience streams directly into classrooms and homes, featuring a live host and a compilation of short educational videos that entertain as they educate. Students learn the value of establishing a personal financial plan, the importance of budgeting and why saving for the future is smart at any age.
Main Educational Concepts conveyed in Spend It or Save It? include:
- The Evolution of Money
- How to Identify Needs and Wants
- Why you should start a Savings Habit
- How to Budget
- Spending vs Savings
- How to set Financial Goals
- Difference between Income and Debt
- The 50/30/20 Rule
- Short-Term and Long-Term Goals
Educational Standards
2017 National Standards for Financial Literacy – Jumpstart Coalition
Spending and Saving:
8. Develop a plan for spending and saving
9. Use a personal financial plan
Kennedy Center for the Arts
| Livestream Learning Studio Educational Assessments | Livestream | Content-related lesson | Arts-integrated lesson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ask students to reflect on the topic and draw their thoughts on paper | ✘ | ||||||
| Write one or two sentences identifying the main point | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ||||
| Think-pair-share | ✘ | ||||||
| One-question quiz | |||||||
| Journal reflection | ✘ | ||||||
| Have students discuss three things they learned, two things they still want to learn, and one question they still have | ✘ | ||||||
| Hand in and/or take home completed activity | ✘ | ✘ | |||||
| Submit screenshot of completed activity | ✘ | ✘ |
| Livestream Learning Studio Educational Assessments | Livestream | Content-related lesson | Arts-integrated lesson |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ask students to reflect on the topic and draw their thoughts on paper | ✘ | ||
| Write one or two sentences identifying the main point | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Think-pair-share | ✘ | ||
| One-question quiz | |||
| Journal reflection | ✘ | ||
| Have students discuss three things they learned, two things they still want to learn, and one question they still have | ✘ | ||
| Hand in and/or take home completed activity | ✘ | ✘ | |
| Submit screenshot of completed activity | ✘ | ✘ |