First Allowance Kit

It's January, your seven-year-old has started asking for money at every checkout, and you've decided this is the year for an allowance. Before the first coins go in, you want three labeled jars on the shelf and a few rules you've both agreed to.

First Allowance Kit is a 14-page printable set for a family starting an allowance: three jars for money to spend, save and give, with labels, ledgers, a savings thermometer and a family agreement. It has a version for ages 5 to 7 and another for ages 8 to 12.

Inside: how to use it, with quotes from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "Money as You Grow" (page 2); a family allowance agreement to fill in and sign (page 3); jar labels in three styles, round, banner and tag (pages 4 to 6); a picture-friendly money book for ages 5 to 7 (page 7); a ledger with jar balances for ages 8 to 12 (page 8); a savings-goal thermometer for each age band (pages 9 and 10); a page for choosing where to give (page 11); questions to think out loud together (page 12); a compare-before-you-buy page (page 13); and a first-month look back (page 14).

It names no amounts and gives no financial or tax advice: how much, how often and how it is split are written in by your family. Labels are cut out with scissors, so an adult should help younger children. Prints on US Letter; on A4 choose "fit to page" when printing.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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