Do you remember the first time you received pocket money from your parents? The first few times, you may have found it difficult to manage. Usually, children make the mistake of spending all their money at the beginning of the month and by the end of it, have nothing left.
Managing money is an important life skill that children should learn. With the advancement of technology, many monetary transactions are done online or with a credit card. As a result, children may not get to experience cash transactions often and may actually be less aware of money than we were at their age, because of the lack of concrete experience with it. Learning about how to think about money, manage it wisely, spend in proportion to income, set savings goals, are life skills that will help our children become financially responsible.
Some questions that may be on your mind are probably:
At Ekya Schools and CMR K-12, we understand these struggles. To help you navigate these discussions with your children as well as other parenting challenges, the team at Ekya Schools and CMR K-12 have put together an online course called Informed and Engaged. The course is on Powerschool and we publish a new module each month. Each module is differentiated by age group, as we understand that children of different ages have different needs. To find the course, please log in to your child’s Powerschool account and click on the class titled “Informed and Engaged.”
As part of this course, we have prepared a module on Financial Literacy. It has been designed with the belief that giving children the experience of money management from early on helps them habits that can have a lasting impact on their financial capability later in life. The module has various age-appropriate tips and tools that parents can use to explain the value of money, teach them about savings and help them develop healthy financial habits. The module shares some curated resources selected to help parents to get a better understanding of Financial Literacy for children.
You are welcome to share your feedback with us through the feedback form embedded within the module.
Pench National Park Visit December 2019
This was a school trip in which we experienced the wildness of wildlife. Fun, laughter, anger, sacredness was all part of this wildlife journey. Day 1: It started on 22nd Dec 2019. It was around 4:00 am in the morning when we reached the airport, the excitement was flowing in me as I was thrilled to fly in an airplane 1st time without my parents and with friends and teachers. After all the airport procedures the flight took off and we witnessed a magnificent sunrise through the windows of the aircraft up in the sky in between the clouds. Once we landed in Nagpur after a journey of 1 and 1/2 hours, we boarded an AC Bus and headed to Pench National park. We traveled through many highways and finally arrived at our resort “Mahua Vann”. We went to our allotted rooms and freshened up. We spent time in chit chat till 12:30 PM and had then had sumptuous lunch at the resort restaurant. Once we completed lunch, we went around exploring the resort. The resort was filled with greenery with plants and trees everywhere. It had a lot of different kinds of beautiful flowers. We had time to rest from 2:00 pm to 5 pm in our respective rooms. We had a fun time in the room cracking jokes and made new friends. We were served Hi-Tea on the central lawn of the resort with some biscuits and fried snacks. By 6:00 pm we were asked to assemble in the conference room facility in the resort and there was a session on mammals and birds which went on till 8:30 pm. Later we had fun at the campfire in the resort and had dinner and slept. Day 2:
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