What’s Inside Start with $5: Investing for Kids
Teach Kids How to Think Like Owners, Not Just Spenders
Simple investing lessons, activities, games, and real-money skills for kids ages 5-12.
People ask us sometimes……
Why investing? Why kids? Why start so young?
And honestly… this didn’t start with investing.
It started with a little girl who loved learning.
Our daughter was around four years old and we had started doing little bits of learning at home before “real school.” Not because we were trying to push academics early—she just loved it.
She wanted worksheets.
She wanted projects.
She wanted to play school.
At the same time, we were trying to teach money in the way a lot of families do.
Chores.
Little jars.
Give. Save. Spend.
And those things were good.
But something kept bothering me.
I felt like we were teaching our kids what to do with money after they got it… but not how to think about money before they had it.
Over time our family grew. Life grew. Business grew. We started building. And somewhere in those years, I remember thinking….
Our kids need more than allowance conversations.
I don’t just want my kids to know how to earn money.
I want them to understand:
ownership
stewardship
patience
building
creating value
thinking long term
Not because they all need to become investors. Not because they all need businesses.
But because I want them to know they have choices.I want them to understand that one day they can:
build something…
buy something…
own something…
create something.
And I started looking for something simple.
Something hands-on.
Something that explained investing without sounding like a finance textbook.
I couldn’t find exactly what I wanted.
So quietly… over years… I started creating it.
And that became Start with $5.
Not because five dollars changes a child’s future.
But because conversations do.
And sometimes all it takes is a small beginning for a child to realize—
“Wait… I can own things too?”
⸻
→ no finance background needed
Teen version coming soon.
But Then I Started Wondering…
What if kids learned this earlier?
Not so they become mini stock traders.
Not so they become obsessed with money.
But what if they learned earlier that small decisions matter?
That time matters.
That thinking long term matters.
That they don’t have to wait until adulthood to start understanding ownership.
Because maybe the greatest advantage isn’t money.
Maybe it’s simply time.
Time to learn.
Time to ask questions.
Time to practice.
Time to think differently.
Knowledge compounds.
Habits compound.
Confidence compounds.
And eventually… money does too.
⸻
Inside Start with $5
Inside this system, kids are introduced to ideas like:
→ investing
→ ownership
→ stocks + shares
→ index funds + mutual funds
→ dividends
→ real estate
→ business building
But more than that—
they practice asking bigger questions:
How does money grow?
Who builds things?
Who owns things?
What problems could I solve?
What could I create someday?
Included:
✓ Investing lessons
✓ Activities + experiments
✓ Flash cards + vocabulary
✓ Money labs
✓ Reflection pages
✓ Trackers
✓ Parent + Teacher Guide
Because this isn’t about raising perfect investors.
It’s about raising kids who know they can build more than they consume.
Small starts.
Big conversations.
Long-term thinking.
Start with $5.
Who It’s For:
🧒 Kids ages 5–12
→ beginner investors
🏡 Homeschool families
→ flexible and easy to use
👩🏫 Parents & teachers
Printable + reusable.
YOU CAN START WITH $5:
Ready to Start?
Your child doesn’t need to wait until adulthood to learn money.
Friends, I created something I wish my kids had, but didn’t. So I And I wanted it to be fun, hands on, interactive, and I’m so proud to share this with you!
Built for More | Shelly Young
Digital Download • Ages 5–12 • Teen Version Coming Soon
Built for More | Shelly Young
Teaching kids to Earn • Give • Save • Invest • Spend • Build
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
📘 5 Investing Lessons
📈 5 + Investing Activities + Trackers
🃏 Flash Cards
🧪 STEM / Money Labs
📚 Parent + Teacher Guide
🎯 Real Life Money Challenges
➕ Bonus Resources