Life insurer Pru Life UK has recently launched Cha-Ching Kid$ at Home online resources to help Filipino parents teach key money management concepts to their children at home.
According to the latest financial literacy report published by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 94 percent of students get information about money matters from their parents. However, Pru Life said, parents may not know how best to teach this subject to their kids.
Designed for children aged 7 to 12, the Cha-Ching Kid$ At Home materials guide parents on teaching key money management concepts—earn, save, spend, and donate—in an interactive and engaging way.
Based on the Cha-Ching curriculum implemented in schools across Asia and Africa, each guide directs parents to a relevant Cha-Ching music video, key topics for discussion, and activities to help their children put learning into practice. The parent guides can be downloaded for free on the Cha-Ching website and can be viewed online or printed out.
In addition to the parents’ guide, Prudence Foundation is also rolling out Cha-Ching daily challenges, which include activities or discussion pointers, posted on the website every weekday of June. Each challenge takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The guides are currently in English and will soon be translated into Filipino versions.
“This initiative is particularly relevant and important as many schools across the Philippines remain closed due to the pandemic,” said Prudence Foundation executive director Marc Fancy.
The Cha-Ching website also contains a resource center where teachers can easily access the digitized version of the Cha-Ching curriculum teaching materials for self-study or review. Educators can simply log onto the Teacher section of the website to download the Cha-Ching curriculum’s master list of teaching aids, session implementation video guides, music videos, and comic books on their personal electronic devices.