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title: "Saving Money"
description: "Why people save money; piggy banks and saving jars; setting a savings goal; the idea that not spending now means having more later"
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# Saving Money

Why people save money; piggy banks and saving jars; setting a savings goal; the idea that not spending now means having more later

Subject: Life Skills · Area: Money & Finance · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/saving-money-mt_zrCyqhngYm

## Ready when they can

- Explain why someone might save money instead of spending it straight away
- Describe a savings goal they could set and how they would work towards it
- Tell you what delayed gratification means in their own words (waiting to get something better)

## Lesson: Saving Money for Later

Saving money means keeping some for later. You do not spend it right away. You put it in a piggy bank or a jar. Later, you can buy something bigger with it.

*(drawing: Each week, Sam saves two more coins for his goal.)*

**Example.** Sam wants a toy that costs eight coins. He saves two coins every week. After four weeks, Sam has enough coins. He waited, and now he can buy the toy.

**Tip.** Waiting to buy something is hard sometimes. This is called delayed gratification. It means you wait now to get something better later. Saving money takes patience, and that is okay.

**Recap.** Saving means waiting now so you can get more later.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Needs & Wants](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/needs-and-wants-mt__ab4knIaSL)
- [What Money Is](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/what-money-is-mt_SsS7GptD_o)

## Opens up

- [Budgeting Pocket Money](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/budgeting-pocket-money-mt_Qzbh-_v0Gq)
- [Banks & Saving](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/banks-and-saving-mt_uSUqTjOl8m)