Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Money Matters ▬ ABC Life Literacy Canada

Money Matters

Money Matters
ABC Life Literacy Canada: 2020

Money Matters is a free introductory financial literacy program for adult learners, newcomers to Canada, Indigenous Peoples and people with diverse abilities. Our workbooks are used in classrooms across Canada, and are full of learning activities that can be adapted to the needs of individual groups. Workshops can be delivered by the staff of the group delivering the program, or with the optional support of local TD Bank Group volunteer-tutors.

Money safety

Welcome to Money Matters for People with Diverse Abilities

We designed Money Matters to help you take better care of yourself by taking better care of your money.

When you feel good about your money management, you’re less stressed. You have more energy for the things that are important to you.

What will you learn?

➤ Online safety

 Phishing scams

 Identity theft

 Financial abuse

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Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 8
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old
(Seventh and Eighth graders)


Saturday, March 13, 2021

10 Free Financial Literacy Games for High School Students ▬ Edutopia

10 Free Financial Literacy Games for High School Students

Financial Literacy
Games
Edutopia: 4.07.2020 by Brian Page

Game-based learning is an engaging and effective way to teach students, and it can be especially useful for teaching students how to manage money because it empowers them to learn from their own decisions. Here are 10 free, popular games for high school students to learn how to navigate their finances.

1. Payback
Payback nudges students to think about how to succeed in college without taking on excessive student debt.

2. Spent
Spent challenges players to survive the struggle of low-income living.

3. Financial Football/Financial Soccer
These two fast-paced, sports-themed, interactive games engage students in quiz bowl–style questions to advance players up the field.

4. Shady Sam
Shady Sam demonstrates how loan terms can hurt borrowers who don’t pay attention.

5. STAX
an “engaging, fast-paced interactive game that allows students to experience 20 years of investing in just 20 minutes...
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Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 8
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old
(Seventh and Eighth graders)


Monday, September 21, 2020

Where To Find Literacy Worksheets For Adults ▬ ABC Life Literacy Canada

Where To Find Literacy Worksheets For Adults


✽ ABC Life Literacy Canada Blog:
8.31.2020

In order to keep adult learners engaged throughout their learning, they need to be offered a variety of innovative programming and course material, including worksheets. For a community learning organization, knowing where to find literacy worksheets for adults can sometimes be a challenge.  

The following list of free resources can help keep your adult learners motivated:

Workplace Literacy Worksheets

Having strong employability skills can help workers secure meaningful employment in a competitive job market. These skills help workers to be adaptable and motivated throughout their employment and as they move into new roles or careers. Workers equipped with adequate skills also contribute more productively to a workplace and experience less work-related stress.

UP Skills for Work is a program offering free resources on nine key employability skills that hiring managers look for, including motivation, attitude, accountability, presentation, teamwork, time management, adaptability, stress management and confidence.

Literacy practitioners can download activity sheets or full workbooks on each of the skills on the UP Skills for Work website.

Digital Literacy Worksheets

Estimates say that around 84 per cent of jobs in Canada currently require the use of a computer and basic technical skills. With even low-skilled jobs increasingly requiring a basic level of digital literacy, it’s important that all Canadians are equipped with the appropriate skills.

Youth Teaching Adults is a free introductory digital literacy program for adult learners, led by youth volunteer-tutors.

With several free lesson plans available for free download, learners can follow simple step-by-step instructions on how to use tools such as Facebook, Spotify and Google News.

Financial Literacy Worksheets

Financial literacy is important if you want to shop smart during your daily errands, understand banking transactions and investments and, most importantly, realize the full value of your dollar. Money Matters, a free introductory financial literacy program offered to adult learners, newcomers to Canada, Indigenous Peoples and people with diverse abilities, helps learners build confidence in financial-related matters.

With engaging workbooks and learning activities available for free online, learners can discover topics like borrowing, budgeting, saving and money safety.

Health Literacy Worksheets

ABC Health Matters is a free health literacy program delivered to adults via a three-hour workbook-based workshop or through independent study at home. Upon program completion, adults can manage health services and information more effectively.

Download health literacy worksheets from the program for tips on visiting the doctor, speaking with a pharmacist and patient rights.

Essential Skills Worksheets

There are nine Essential Skills identified by the Government of Canada that are the foundation for all other skills and enable people to evolve with their jobs and adapt to workplace change. These skills are used in every job to varying degrees and at different levels of complexity. They provide the foundation for learning all other skills and enable people to adapt to change in their lives and at work.

Improving essential skills is critical for the Canadian workforce. With these essential skills workbooks and activities from the Activate Learning program, learners can improve their skills and ultimately improve their employment opportunities.  READ MORE ➤➤

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Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 16

Reading Level: very difficult to read.

Reader's Age: College graduate


Tuesday, April 7, 2020

15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy via Ask A Teacher

15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy
Ask A Teacher: 4.06.2020 by Jacqui


When kids read that America’s $23 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Do they understand the consequences of unbalanced budgets? The quandary of infinite wants vs. finite dollars? Or do they think money grows on some fiscal tree that always blooms? The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course.

If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Some are narrative; others games. Here are fifteen I like. See if one suits you:

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing.

Age group: Upper elementary
This game-based website covers budgeting, needs vs. wants, savings vs. checking, credit, banks, and where money comes from.

Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school
Put out by MIT, Living Wage Calculator estimates the cost of living in your community or region. The calculator lists typical expenses, cost of living, and typical wages.

iOS Apps
Because more often than not, 18-24 year olds are on a mobile device rather than a computer, here are six apps that can be played from anywhere:

Bankaroo – Using this free virtual bank for kids, students learn to manage their allowance while saving for goals. To track learning, they earn badges for their accomplishments. This app works on desktops as well as mobile devices.

Motion Math – As students struggle to run their own pizzeria, they must balance budgets, think proportionally, buy ingredients, design the pizzas, and sell to customers. The app also includes which Common Core Math Standards are addressed by the gameplay.

Savings Spree — Students learn how the choices they make each day can add up to big savings or expenses depending on their spending decisions. Kids see how they can save for short-term goals while investing for future needs.

Time is Money – This free Chrome add-on converts prices on a webpage to hours worked.  READ MORE ➤➤


Thursday, August 30, 2018

Making Money Easier :: Easy Read Documents via United Response (UK)

Making Money Easier
United Response: 2.23.2016 by Helen Didymus-True

This brilliant set of free guides provides basic explanations for all things finance and money related.

These are aimed at people with learning disabilities, but could be equally useful to anyone who finds themselves lost in financial jargon and small print.

The Making Money Easier guides include advice about choosing and using a bank account, a glossary on common banking terms, tips on budgeting and a guide to help people live independently.

There are six separate booklets which you can download individually here:

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