Savvy Stuff: Financial Links

The Internet is full of Web sites that claim to offer financial advice. The MoneyAndStuff staff has carefully reviewed the following sites and recommends them. MoneyAndStuff.info is not responsible for content on these links.



	Parts Geek Auto Money Saving Tips A Guide to Saving Money With Your Car
	Drexel University TEEN$ Money Management Helpful links and resources from the Philadelphia university.
	Teaching Teens about Credit Cards GiftCards.com has a helpful page of links for parents and educators who want to teach teens responsible use of debit and credit cards.
	Motley Fool 's Teens and Their Money The Motley Fool's website features a helpful article for teenagers, Ways to Save and Make Money.
	Pocket Cents A free site for school-age kids from the National Credit Union Administration that features money tools and information, including how money is made and currencies from around the world.
	Chore Charts Like this site on Facebook and you can print out handy chore charts in a variety of designs! A great way to track kids' jobs throughout the month!
	Jump$tart Reality Check Recommended for teens who are preparing for independence. This quiz walks you through the real-world costs of living without Mom and Dad. You might be surprised at how much things cost!
	HotPads.com Are you a young adult searching for a place to live? HotPads.com is a map-based real estate search engine, listing homes for sale, apartments, condos, and rental houses. The site includes a renter's guide, a calculator to help you decide whether you should buy or rent, and other handy features.
	Smart About Money Source: National Endowment for Financial Education's smartaboutmoney.org Web site.
	www.bizkids.com Biz Kid$ is a site that supports the new PBS TV show, Biz Kid$. It teaches kids how to make and manage money. The program is underwritten by America's Credit Unions. Watch the Biz Kid$ TV Show on your local PBS station! Times below subject to change. Athens, WOUB, Sundays 11AM Bowling Green, WBGU, Fridays 1PM, Sundays 7PM Cincinnati, WCET, Sundays 5PM Cincinnati (Lexington), WCVN, Thursdays 5PM Cleveland, WVIZ, Sundays 5PM Columbus, WOSU, Sundays 5PM Dayton, WPTD, Saturdays 8:30AM Kent/Akron, WNEO/WEAO, Sundays 8:30AM Toledo, WGTE, Tuesdays, 8PM, 8:30PM Find more cities and times here (PDF) Check your local PBS Listings. Credit Unions: Promote Biz Kid$ with these marketing materials!
	NEFE CashCourse CashCourse® provides financial education resources for colleges. It’s online, it’s free, it’s noncommercial, and it’s brought to you by The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) – the only nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the well-being of all Americans.
	www.Nefe.org The National Endowment for Financial Education is a non-profit foundation that provides a lot of helpful financial information for high school students and educators.
	NEFE CashCourse CashCourse® provides financial education resources for colleges. It’s online, it’s free, it’s noncommercial, and it’s brought to you by The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) – the only nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the well-being of all Americans.
	NEFE My Retirement Paycheck A site dedicated to help you optimize your retirement paycheck by making wise decisions, brought to you by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
	NEFE Financial Workshop Kits The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) appreciates your dedication to your community and wants to make it easy for you to provide assistance to underserved groups on their financial well-being. To aid you, this Web site gives the materials to easily teach courses to a variety of groups.
	www.practicalmoneyskills.com This site is exactly what it says. It has lesson plans for teachers, tips for families, and fun games for kids of all ages.
	Thrive by Five Tools and activities to teach pre-schoolers about money, in English and Spanish, from the Credit Union National Association.
	brass Magazine brass Magazine provides direct, intelligent, entertaining content to young adults about the money side of life™. From planning your retirement to throwing parties, brass looks at the lives of young adults and how we handle money.
	National Foundation for Credit Counseling The NFCC promotes financially responsible behavior by providing quality financial education and counseling services. This site is recommended for adults that are interested in reducing their debt and repairing their credit.
	Virtual Stock Exchange Play a free stock market game from marketwatch and learn how the stock market and risk works.