Moneywise Kids | 
| Brand: TaliCor
Category: Toy
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $9.59
You Save: $5.40 (36%)
New (13) from $9.59
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 13586
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 7 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 2 x 8.6
MPN: 808
Model: 4100152
UPC: 720233008085
EAN: 0720233008085
ASIN: B00000IZHK
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Two levels of play | | • | Two players can play | | • | For 7 years and above | | • | Teaches kids to make change and budget | | • | Tips for parents and teachers |
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Product Description
Two simple, fast-paced games to improve valuable math skills that kids will use all of their lives - making change and budgeting money. Includes fascimiles of real U.S. money plus tips that parents and teachers can use to connect Moneywise play with the real world. Two levels of play. 2 players.
Editorial Review
Created by a volunteer math aide in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Moneywise Kids contains two simple, fun games that will help kids understand how money works, in terms of dollar value and spending power. In the first game, Bill Maker, kids take turns rolling the dice and earning dollars that are commensurate with the numbers that come up: roll a 2 and a 6, for instance, and you get $8. As they accrue wealth with each turn, players exchange smaller bills for larger ones until someone winds up with $100. In the second game, Bill Breaker, each player starts with $100 and earns more money with each turn, but players must also draw "moneywise markers"--bills for such real-life expenses as food, medical care, and taxes--and make payments along the way. And watch out for those hard-luck chips that mean big bills. The player who collects all six markers and still has $100 in savings is the winner. The game is lively and only lightly competitive, with an accent on grasping the mysteries of dollars and cents. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Moneywise Kids January 31, 2005
12 out of 19 found this review helpful
I purchased this game for my 5 year old girl. She seems to like it. It is a game that she is willing to play, but it is never her first pick. It does seem to be a good way to introduce money, but if you want your child to understand the value of money I don't think this game will help. Ex: health care is $10 and a place to live is only $30 (I wish!!)
 Great game! November 30, 2004
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
We bought this when our son was six. He's now seven. He really enjoys playing this game. The skill of money conversion is obviously something he can take with him into real life. I also use the opportunity while playing the game to have mini discussions with him regarding the expenditures the game approaches - that we actually have those expenditures in real life and that it's important to save money and be able to pay for them.
The name speaks for itself November 5, 2004
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
This is a game our son pulls out and asks us to play with him. And, even better, it is a game we like playing, too. We got Moneywise Kids when our oldest child was a first grader. He could already count money, but this game helped him solidify his skills painlessly. What we really liked was the playing option that teaches money management. Players must plan for clothes, food, transportation, housing, etc. Our son will argue with us over our choices, telling us what is most important to pay for next, such as food or clothing. When he plays with his sisters, we overhear him advising them on their choices, too. In this game children have a decent chance of beating adults, which makes them happy to play again. Moneywise Kids is an enjoyable, quiet game with few pieces.
 pretty good for younger kids July 23, 2004
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
I got this for my child when he was 6 1/2 and he mastered it easily. He is very into money and has been for a long time, so I thought this would be a good game for him. We played it a few times, but I don't think he learned much, because he already knew how to count money. It would be good for younger kids who haven't gotten the whole money concept down.
Surprised November 13, 2000
50 out of 67 found this review helpful
Moneywise Kids was the first item my daughter (8 yrs. old) wanted to play with, once her birthday party was over - that should speak for itself!
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