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Planning a month

A simple budget: money in, saving and spending

Level 5: Planning ahead · from age 11 · 4 minutes · 5 Kesho Stars

The story

Otieno gets KES 500 a week, so about KES 2,000 a month. He wants a KES 1,200 jacket in 4 weeks.

The big idea

A budget is a plan for your money: what comes in, what you save and what you spend.

Ask at home

Pick something your child wants next month and work out the weekly amount together.

The full lesson, with its questions and Kesho Stars, is in the myKesho kids app.

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