This Little Piggy Went to Market...

Okay, so some of our little piggies will be intrigued by the stock market. (I had a question from one of my families on this topic, hence the post). I'm more of the little piggy who stayed home and ate roast beef (can I be two piggies at once? I think I can) but still, for those market-going kids, here are a few resources.  Again, not my forte, and I've just found these via google reviews, so if you have good resources to share in this area, please let me know!

Also a note: successful entrepreneurs, out there changing the world, are often found in the gifted/LD crowd - too ADD to be excited and sit still for purposeless school work, but a real job, a real goal, with the chance to hire people to do the stuff they aren't interested in...brilliant!  TED TALK: Let's raise entrepreneurs

Something to think about...

Carmen

1.  Investment Camps for kids:

Calgary, Alberta (SAIT Ploytech):
Investment Masters

Toronto, Ontario (Seneca College)
Wealth Rules 12 - 14
Camp Millionaire 9 - 14
Review Camp Millionaire

Oakville, Ontario (Appleby College)
Money Smarts for Kids

2.  Free Stock Market Game:
Market Watch

3. Clubs
Junior Achievement  - Investment Strategies
JA Competition

4.  Online Resources about Finance and the Stock Market and becoming an entrepreneur:
Money Savvy Kids - Google Book

Lemonade Millionaire and LM Young Entrepreneurs

Khan Academy

Money Smarts 4 Kids

Canadian Banker Association Student Education program 


5. A bit of Biblical perspective:
...because if you are like me, you may be questioning why the focus on funds, friend?  Shouldn't our focus be on making the world a better place, feeding the poor etc. etc.? But I sometimes think we throw out the baby with the bathwater in this area rather than being aware that good stewardship starts with understanding what you are stewarding.  We grow our gifts - creativity, playing piano, listening, scientific inquiry - why not grow our ability to handle our finances? The results - whether  we become artists, performers, counsellors, scientists, pastors or money mangers - and how we attain and use those results - are a reflection on the people we are, the people we are becoming as followers of Jesus and his way ...and, I would hope, would thus be to the glory of God and for the care of the people on this planet.  Just my 2 cents.  (Ha. Money joke. How timely.)

And some a site for these type of questions:
  
Got Questions
Christian curriculum Financial Literacy for homeschoolers - personal finances
Monarch curriculum