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Financial education is very important for both adults and children. With this in mind, professionals from Sicoob Credip visited 16 locations in Mato Grosso. The idea was to promote financial education for students from preschool through the 5th year of Elementary School.
Thus, 25 public schools received the team of professionals. Around 8,300 students took part in the initiative. See more details about the action below.
Financial education in schools
The professionals taught the children basic financial education concepts through storytelling. Therefore, these stories addressed the following topics:
- Financial planning;
- Conscious use of money;
- The difference between needs and wants;
- The importance of saving;
- The value of money.
Thus, the team used the book “Caio found a little coin,” from a collection by Instituto Sicoob. The book is about a boy who saved money to fulfill his dream. It is worth highlighting that all the children received a book from Sicoob’s Financinhas collection.
Which cities took part in the initiative?
See below which cities received Sicoob's initiative in schools:
- Apiacás;
- Aripuanã;
- Brianorte;
- Colniza;
- Conselvan;
- Cotriguaçu;
- Guariba;
- Juara;
- Juruena;
- Nova Bandeirantes;
- Nova Maringá;
- Nova Monte Verde;
- Nova União;
- Nova Horizonte do Norte;
- Porto dos Gaúchos;
- Rondolândia;
- Tabaporã.
The importance of financial education in childhood
Learning to deal with from an early age finance is very positive, since in the future, these children will have a good relationship with money. In other words, taking care of will not be a problem in the future, as long as children learn from an early age to value money. budget will not be a problem in the future, as long as children learn from an early age to value money.
According to Sicoob's Cooperative Development analyst, Samuel Trevenzoli, the initiative also promotes reading. Therefore, for him, in addition to teaching “important concepts”, the project encourages the habit of reading.
He also emphasized that this combination is essential for students to reach adulthood with “confidence and knowledge”.
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