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Kitchen-table practice path

Four free worksheets. Use in order if you’re new. Skip around if you’re not. Nothing here is checkout.

Using a screen reader? Read all four worksheets as accessible web pages.

Parent note. These pages stand alone. You do not need a paid kit. No purchase required to finish this path.

  1. 1

    First Paycheck Worksheet

    Ages 10–18 · Grades 5th–12th · best with a real stub (or SAMPLE stub parent prints) · ~15–25 min

    Read the stub, find net pay, then write one save · one bill · one allowed spend.

  2. 2

    Monthly Budget Planner

    Ages 11–18 · parent at the table · ~15–20 min

    Fill money in from real life, then money out, then one saving goal you protect first.

  3. 3

    Savings Challenge

    Family · ages 8–18 with a parent · ~10 min start, then 1–2 min/week

    Name the goal, the weekly plan, and one guardrail. Mark a box only after money is set aside.

  4. 4 · optional

    Student Business Idea Worksheet

    Ages 13–17 · parent as sounding board, not cheerleader · ~20–30 min

    One sentence, who pays, three tests, honest math, one dated next step.

    Skip this if entrepreneurship is not this month’s work.

What to keep — file the paper and use the two-minute talk prompts after each page.