Board games can “play” an important part in developing financial awareness in your kids. Teach them healthy money strategies within a family-friendly environment!
The Allowance Game
Kids earn money by doing chores, then spend their savings on items they choose. Along the way kids learn how to make change and handle money.
Recommended ages: 5-11
Monopoly
Monopoly board game (and now, app!) was invented in the 1930s and is still teaching players basic money management and cash flow principles as they move around the board, buying and developing real estate.
Recommended age: 8+
PayDay
Payday board game teaches players how to manage monthly income and expenditure, including how to handle loan payments, cash windfalls, and other budgeting basics.
Recommended age: 8+
Cashflow for Kids
Teaches kids the fundamentals of assets and liabilities, finances, and investing.
Recommended age: 8+
The Game of Life
Players simulate real-life choices such as career and family size as they try to accumulate the largest net worth.
Recommended age: 8+
Charge Large
Charge Large board game teaches sensible use of credit as players navigate the board and build wealth.
Recommended age: 12+
Acquire
Acquire is a board game where players place tiles on the board, strategically creating corporations and mergers. When corporations merge, players holding stock in the acquired company can cash out their stocks or receive stocks in the take-over company. The game ends when the market (board) is full, and the winner is the player with the strongest portfolio of stock and cash.
Recommended age: 12+
Note: This list does not represent SageVest’s endorsement of any of the products discussed.
