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Money World
Eleven places to explore, from what money actually is all the way to how the whole world uses it. Start at the beginning, or jump to whatever looks interesting.
Ten zones are open, with one more on the way. Everything here is free to read, and always will be.
- 1. What Is Money? Swapping things, then coins, then tapping a card. Why money was invented at all, and what people used before it.
- 2. Earning It Where money comes from: jobs, helping out, and children who started their own businesses.
- 3. Saving It Waiting on purpose, and why it turns out to be a kind of superpower. Jars, goals, and whether your money is safe.
- 4. Growing It How money quietly makes more money all by itself. Interest, the Snowball, and the magic doubling penny.
- 5. Own a Slice What it really means to own a tiny piece of a company. Shares explained as slices of pizza.
- 6. Spending It Well Things you need and things you want, how to make a simple plan, and the tricks adverts use.
- 7. Borrowing It Using tomorrow's money today, and why it costs extra. The same idea as Growing It, working against you.
- 8. Prices Go Up Why sweets cost more than they did in Grandad's day, and what that means for money left sitting still.
- 9. Giving & Sharing Choosing to give some away, to charity or to people who need it, and giving your time as well as your money.
- 10. Money Safety Spotting things that are too good to be true, including money hidden inside games, and how loot boxes work.
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11. Big World Money Coming soon For the oldest explorers: tax, what banks actually do with money, and what people mean by "the economy".
Every topic, three ways
Each zone is written three times over, so it fits the child reading it: Hatchlings (ages 5–6), Fledglings (ages 7–8) and High Flyers (ages 9–10).