Bible vs Money

Start here · Seedlings (5-10)

Seedlings: ages 5 to 10, with a parent

Updated 2026-10-28 · 2 lessons · 3 tools

At this age money is jars, chores, and patience. Everything here is meant to be done together: a parent reads, a child plays, and the habits form before the paychecks ever arrive.

Play first

  1. Three Jars

    Ten coins, three jars: give, save, spend. Every coin goes somewhere, and you decide which.

  2. Needs vs. Wants Sorter

    Rapid-fire card sort with honest gray areas; family mode lets parents and kids compare answers.

  3. Seed Growth

    One seed doubles every year, unless you dig it up. The interaction is the lesson.

Then learn, in order

Spending & Budgeting

  1. Needs, wants, and the contented heart

    Every budget rests on one distinction: what you need versus what you want. Sorting them honestly is harder than it looks, and contentment is what makes the sorting possible.

Saving

  1. Why save, and what for

    The ant stores in summer; Joseph stored for famine; the rich fool stored for himself. Saving is commended wisdom with a heart-check attached, and it starts with naming what you are saving for.

Wherever you are on this track, the Steward's Path is the order that holds it all together, and Bible & Money is why.