How the Book, Allister Banks and the Ruby Blade, and its Website Resources Can Benefit Kids
Allister Banks and the Ruby Blade is an adventure story for kids that teaches personal finance along the way.
Kids who read this book will not only enjoy the fun, fast-paced, fantasy account of Allister Banks, they will also learn the basics of personal finance.
After they have finished this adventure finance tale, they can visit the website’s Secret Archive for additional story content and resources that go more in-depth into the finance concepts introduced in the book.
As kids read the thrilling adventure of Allister Banks and his search for the legendary Ruby Blade, they will come to understand not only why finance is important to Allister, but also why it’s important to everyone—including themselves. Furthermore, as this learning comes in the form of a story, kids should end up with a better understanding and recall of important financial principles.
This adventure story is designed to be an excellent financial education delivery system for kids.
Kids who read this book and take advantage of the website resources will learn seven important things about personal finance, which can help them achieve a brighter financial future:
- Understand that money is important—it allows you to buy what you need, do the things you want to do, and help others.
- Spend less money than you make so you’ll have some money saved for the future.
- Grow the money you save by investing it wisely.
- Manage financial risks and fees with care.
- Pay off your debt.
- Protect your family and wealth by planning for retirement, carrying insurance, and drafting a will (and possibly a living trust).
- Remember that individuals are more important than anything else in this world, including money.
This book and the website resources in the Secret Archive teach all of this and so much more!
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How Parents & Teachers Can Use This Book and Website Resources
Parents and teachers hoping to help kids learn personal finance will find a welcome friend in Allister Banks and the Ruby Blade and the book’s website.
This adventure tale provides a perfect platform (and excuse) to discuss finance with the younger generation. Personal finance is taught piece-by-piece throughout the story.
The book starts with the most basic financial concepts (finance & money) and then moves progressively through more complex subjects (such as budgeting, debt, investing & compounding, retirement, and insurance) before concluding with six steps that can help kids achieve financial success.
Nearly every chapter teaches a unique financial topic in a simplistic, yet accurate, way. And as the story progresses, these financial teachings build upon themselves.
Even better, the 100+ page finance guidebook (which follows the finance sections in the book, but with more detail), is available for download on the Secret Archive page. With this handy guidebook, parents and teachers can discuss the financial principles the kids are learning as they read each chapter.
For example, as kids read the book, a parent or teacher could read the finance guidebook in parallel. Later, everyone could come together and discuss the finance they learned.
Here’s how this could work:
- A parent or teacher could assign their kids to read a chapter of the book.
- While the kids are reading this chapter, the parent or teacher could read the associated section in the finance guidebook.
- As the kids are enjoying the story and financial teachings in the chapter, the parent or teacher would be learning the same lessons in the finance guidebook. (Note: The lessons in this guidebook are usually more comprehensive than the financial sections in the book. Thus, studying the finance guidebook could give a parent or teacher a deeper understanding of the financial topics addressed in a chapter—which could come in handy later when discussing these topics with kids.)
- At an appointed time, the kids and parent or teacher could meet and discuss the financial lessons they learned in the chapter.
- The parent or teacher and their kids could then repeat steps 1-4 for the rest of the chapters in the book.
In this way, a parent or teacher could use the book and finance guidebook to have a structured set of lessons or classes in which to teach kids about personal finance. Thus, the twenty finance sections throughout the book could be used for up to twenty finance discussions or classes.
And once these kids have finished the book, and are looking for more, they can head over here to the website and access the additional story content and financial resources available on the Secret Archive page.
As a parent or teacher, you may choose to steer your kids toward the financial guidebook (discussed in the previous example) or packets on “How to Get What You Want Now” (a budgeting guide) or “How to Get What You Want In The Future” (a budgeting, saving, and investing guide). (Please note that some of these resources on the Secret Archive page will require parental involvement/consent to access.)
Best of luck as you and your kids adventure through the fascinating world of finance!
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