Objective
Teachers will be able to:
- Introduce students to the powerful habits of pausing, gathering information, and reflecting before spending their own money or anyone else’s.
- Run a real-time classroom activity where students work on answering the question: “Should I buy this?” contemplating an item or experience they actually want.
- Use a ready-to-go tool that requires no registration, no login, and helps students combat FOMO and avoid buyer’s remorse.
Standards
Description
Attend an abbreviated Gifting Sense Mindful Spending Workshop to experience how thinking before buying is an easy-to-teach, powerful life skill that can be taught in one classroom session. Teachers will: Receive a tour of the Gifting Sense website—where to find lesson plans, printables, and FAQs. See how students can experience firsthand that anyone can gather and use financial information to shape their future. Learn how to use an award-winning, permissionless tool (no registration, login, or paywall) that helps students combat FOMO and avoid buyer’s remorse. Why attend? Easy to teach — minimal prep and ready-to-use resources. Highly relevant — uses real spending decisions students care about. Lasting impact — early success with Thinking Before Buying primes students to seek financial knowledge when it matters most. By promoting slower, more mindful spending, teachers help build confident, financially literate citizens—and stronger families and communities.
Subjects:
Personal Finance