Summer camp kids recently participated in a “Financial Literacy Carnival.” (BGCCW, Facebook)
CASPER, Wyo. — Children attending the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming summer camp recently spent a week learning money management skills, BGCCW said Thursday.
“We spent a week learning about personal finance, entrepreneurship and other aspects of business as part of Junior Achievement,” BGCCW said.
The lesson culminated with a “Financial Literacy Carnival” in which people with various banks and credit unions taught the kids a few things about money. Lessons included things like:
- Thinking about wants versus needs
- How to count money and make change
- Difference between income and gross income
- Fixed costs versus variable costs
“The financial literacy carnival reinforces the financial literacy concepts they learned back at Club in a fun and hands-on way,” said Amanda Montes, an area director with BGCCW.
All clubs participated in the carnival and had the opportunity to meet children from other clubs, BGCCW said.
During the school year, BGCCW hosts a financial literacy program known as WyoTowne that works with schools across the state and is aimed at fifth graders.
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