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Cambridge Savings Bank Gives Cunniff Students a Lesson About Money
A bank employee read to the kindergartners at the Cunniff School and talked to them about money, savings and interest.
The following information was released by Cambridge Savings Bank:
April is national Financial Literacy Month, a perfect time to teach kids about money.
As such, Cambridge Savings Bank recently brought the "Teach Children to Save" Initiative to the Cunniff School in Watertown this morning.
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All 54 kindergartens at the Cunniff School were read the Berenstain Bears' "Trouble with Money" book by bank employee Alicia Root and then discussed the money concepts that were learned from the story, including saving, spending, sharing, income and interest.
Each child received a piggy bank, $1 in coins and a colorful coin chart on which they practiced comparing the values of different coins. This is the second year that we have presented "Teach Children to Save" at Ambrose.
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"Teach Children to Save" is an initiative of the American Bankers Association, that Cambridge Savings presents in conjunction with their CSBsmart program. CSBsmart is the signature financial education initiative of Cambridge Savings Bank.
Since its expansion in 2010, CSBsmart has delivered over 285 free lessons to more than 4,600 participants from all ages and walks of life - from kindergarteners to homeless war veterans. To find out more about CSBsmart please visit: https://www.cambridgesavings.com/hp_loadtemplate.aspx?name=csbsmart&pageID=585
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