Programs for Younger Children
Upcoming Programs:
When I Work: Earning and Saving
Monroe
School
Hinsdale,
IL
March 3rd,
2008 9:00 to 10:00am; 12:30 to 1:30pm
Monroe
School kindergarten students explore the importance of work,
earning and the benefits of saving in this interactive program.
Students play ‘work’ games; sing ‘saving’ songs; and make their
own bank.
Keep It Safe: Money Smart Investigations (MSI) Classroom Program
Attitudes
Rising Towards Success
Evanston,
IL
February, Date and
Time TBD
Invitation Only
Fraud, investment
scams, predatory lending … financial dangers exist in many
forms. Will your students be able to protect themselves and make
wise investment decisions? In Keep It Safe, Attitudes Rising
towards Success students will develop the critical thinking
skills that will help them to make positive financial decisions
throughout their lifetime. In this program, students learn by
doing as they investigate financial choices. Using clues based
in real evidence, student teams identify decisions that will
help them reach their goals and avoid financial pitfalls!
Sponsored by Individual Donors; some materials provided by
Midwest Bank
Keep It Safe! Money Smart Activities
News Gazette
(News Papers in
Education)
Champaign,
IL
Activities will be
featured in the Newspaper and used by local school classes
April 3rd, 4th,
7th, 8th, 9th
Champaign
County students will learn about keeping your money safe through
earning, budgeting, saving, investing and managing credit with
Mr. Super Saver. Youth will find information in the newspaper,
complete fun activities such as word finds and cross words and
otherwise apply their learning in this newspaper based series of
activities.
Sponsored by Freestar Bank.
Go Green: Save the Environment & Save Money Too!
Chicago
Parent Magazine
www.chicagoparent.com
Oak Park,
IL
Open to the Public
April 1st
through April 29th
Go Green! Celebrate
Money Smart Week, Financial Literacy month and Earth Day
together! Through one in-magazine and associated on-line
activities, youth will learn about the economics behind
environmentally friendly solutions. Families can learn to help
the environment and their pocket book through a series of
printable activities. Visit the Chicago Parent website,
http://www.chicagoparent.com/ for these activities during
April. Activities are produced in partnership with the Economic
Awareness Council for students from pre-school through 8th
grade. During Money Smart Week, a contest will be available as
well as a question and answer session with financial educators
and teen representatives from the Money Smart Kid contest!
Sponsored by HSBC – North America & Midwest Bank.
Go Green: Eco-friendly Solutions that Make Money Sense!
Museum
of Science and Industry
57th St.
& Lakeshore Drive
Visitor Contact:
773-684-1414
Chicago,
IL
Open to the Public
& Invitation Only Events
April 20th - 26th,
2008, 10am to 1pm (Mon.-Sat.), 11am to 2pm (Sun.); May 3rd
at the Mayor’s Kids & Kites Festival (on the Museum Front Lawn –
Event Free & Open to Public) – time TBD – watch
www.econcouncil.org for further details.
Go Green! Which
“green” solutions make the most money sense? Why do the
economics of green solutions matter for the environment?
Visitors will explore the “green” solutions that give you the
most bang for the buck and participate in hands-on activities
that help them learn how they can help the environment. Local
school classes will tour the Go Green booth. Classes will also
participate in classroom programming in which they make
decisions about “green” solutions for homes and businesses and
view the results of their decisions through computer based
simulations.
Sponsored by Midwest Bank.
Be Money Smart Area at the Clinic
Trinity
Lutheran Church
Lisle, IL
April 26th,
2008 Time TBA
Youth will discover
the benefits of saving through fun activities at this event.
Visitors can participate in our ‘Be Money Smart’ contest, make
their own bank, complete activity pages, have their face
painted, receive a number of financial education prizes, and
play financial education games while their parents select from a
variety of financial education resources. (The Clinic is a free,
resource and medical services clinic hosted by Trinity Lutheran
Church.)
Sponsored by MB Financial Bank.
Your Design Dollar
Hinsdale
Public Library
20 E. Maple St.
Hinsdale,
IL
April Date TBD,
2007 4 to 5pm
Primary contact
information: (630) 986-1976
Have you every
wanted to design your own room from scratch? This
after-school special will give you a chance to work with an
actual designer to arrange a layout, select furniture and
choose colors for your dream room. Through this special
program for girls from 3rd through 8th grade, you will learn
how to make choices for your design within a set budget and
how to make decisions about whether or not you should buy
items for the room on credit. While we can’t guarantee that
your parents will let you use your ideas in their home, you
will leave this program with your own design planning board
(just like on TV) and a budget to make your plan work some
day in the future. This program is open to both individuals
and Girl Scout troops. The program corresponds with the Art
in the Home and Building Art patches for Junior Girl Scouts
and Brownies.
Sponsored by Hinsdale Bank and Trust.
Recent Programs:
Money, Mom and Me: A Mother Daughter Tea
Naper Settlement
Naperville,
IL
1pm to 3pm and 3pm to 5pm
October 6th,
2007
Primary contact
information:
(630) 740-6831
or
tea@econcouncil.org
Step back in
time! Make a traditional budget book! Create your own bank
or purse!
Young girls and
their mothers (or aunts, grandmothers, mentors, etc.) will
learn what it was like to work and manage money throughout
history. Visitors will meet ‘historical guests’ in costume
who will explain their role in handling work and money in a
historical time period while guests enjoy tea. Tea will
include iced or hot tea, lemonade, cookies or sweets. Guests
will create their own ‘financial’ products such as budget
books, banks, and purses to take home.
All proceeds
from the tea will be used to support financial education
programming. A majority of funding will be used to support
programming for families in need in the
Naperville
area.
Be Money Smart Area at the Celebration Clinic
Our Saviour's
Lutheran
Church
815 S.
Washington St.
Naperville,
IL
November 3rd,
2007
Time TBA
Youth will
discover the benefits of saving through fun activities at
this event. Visitors can participate in our ‘Be Money Smart’
contest, make their own bank, complete activity pages, have
their face painted, receive a number of financial education
prizes, and play financial education games while their
parents select from a variety of financial education
resources. (The Celebration Clinic is a free, resource and
medical services clinic hosted by Our Saviour’s
Lutheran
Church.)
Keep It Safe: Money Smart Investigations (MSI) Booth
Museum
of Science and Industry
57th and
Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago,
IL
April 29th
through May 6th Monday – Saturday
10am to 1pm ;
Sunday 11am to 2pm
Primary Contact
Information:
Museum of
Science and Industry. (773) 684-1414
From banking to
investing, do your children know how to protect their money?
‘Investigate’ financial security at this interactive booth
at the
Museum of
Science and Industry. Take the ‘Keep It Safe’ challenge to
identify strategies for protecting your finances. Use a
magnifying glass, lights and other tools to take a closer
look at changes in American currency that have made money
safer. Enter our ‘Safe Saving’ slogan contest to help others
learn the benefits of saving money in a bank.
Visit our ‘Ben
Franklin’ at the Keep It Safe booth on Sat. & Sun.
May 5th,
2007
9am to 3pm (Festival 10am to 3pm)
Visit the ‘Keep
It Safe’ booth free to the public at the Mayor’s Kids and
Kites Festival on the
Museum of
Science and Industry’s Front Lawn.
Sponsored by Midwest Bank.
Keep It Safe: Money Smart Investigations (MSI) Classroom
Program
Museum of Science
and Industry
57th and Lake
Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL
May 1st, 2007 10am to 1pm; May 3rd,
2007 10am to 1pm; May 4th, 2007
10am to 1pm
Primary Contact Information: Museum of Science and Industry. (773)
684-1414
Fraud, investment scams, predatory lending … financial dangers
exist in many forms. Will your students be able to protect
themselves and make wise investment decisions? In Keep It
Safe, students develop critical thinking skills that will
help them to make positive financial decisions throughout
their lifetime. Students learn by doing as they investigate
financial choices. Using real life clues, student teams
identify decisions that will help them reach their goals and
avoid financial pitfalls!
Sponsored by Midwest Bank
Super Saver Coloring Contest
Hinsdale Public
Library
20 E. Maple St.
Hinsdale, IL
April 30th through May 31st, M – F 1 to 9pm;
Sat. & Sun. 9am to 3pm
Primary Contact Information: (630) 986-1976
Students in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Burr Ridge are reminded
that 'Saving is a habit!' through this coloring contest.
Contest forms are available at Park National Bank and the
Hinsdale Public Library throughout April and May. Contest
forms must be returned to Park National Bank or the Hinsdale
Public Library by May 31st. Winner will receive a $50
savings bond.
Sponsored by Park National Bank.
Be Money Smart! Online Activities & Questions and Answer
Chicago Parent
Magazine
www.chicagoparent.com
Oak Park, IL
May 1st through May 31st
Be Money Smart! Visit the Chicago Parent website, http://www.chicagoparent.com/
for fun money activities during May. Children can make their
own bank and learn more about money, earning, and saving
through six printable activities. Activities are produced in
partnership with the Economic Awareness Council for students
from pre-school through 8th grade. Visit during Money Smart
Week, for a special contest and question and answer session
with financial educators and the 2006 Money Smart Kid!
Money Smart Story Time
Hinsdale Public
Library
20 E. Maple St.
Hinsdale, IL
May 5th, 2007 1 to 2pm
Primary contact information: (630) 986-1976
Start a conversation about earning and saving with your young child
by attending this special story time. Students will listen
to stories about earning and saving; sing ‘money smart’
songs; and make their own bank. Parents will receive tips
about teaching their children to be ‘money smart’. (Entries
in the ‘Super Saver’ contest for area youth can be obtained
or returned at this event.)
Sponsored by Park National Bank
When I Work: Earning and Saving
Prospect School
Clarendon Hills,
IL
April 4th, 2007 9:00 to 10:00am; 12:30 to
1:30pm
Prospect School
kindergarten students explore the importance of work,
earning and the benefits of saving in this interactive
program. Students play ‘work’ games; sing ‘saving’ songs;
and make their own bank.
For more information about
these and other programs, contact the EAC at
info@econcouncil.org
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