Money Tree SchoolBonus track
Money basics
Saving, budgets, interest and compound growth. The start of the Money Tree book for kids and parents.
- 1What money isMoney is a tool for trading your time for things you need, and it slowly loses value.
- 2Save first, spend secondPay yourself first and build a safety cushion before anything else.
- 3Interest and compound growthHow money earns money, and why starting early beats starting big.
- 4Needs, wants and a simple budgetTell your money where to go with the three-jar plan or the 50/30/20 split.
- 5Risk and rewardThings that can grow more can also drop more, and spreading out helps.
Money Tree School is education, not financial advice. Examples use made-up or historical numbers to show how things work; they are not recommendations to buy or sell anything. Markets can lose money.