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Real projects that teach kids about money, business and building with AI.
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Real projects that teach kids about money, business and building with AI.
▼ dig down ▼Amelia Money is a small app our family uses every day. Amelia earns money for chores, schoolwork and activities. She sees what she owns, asks before she spends, and pays back a real loan on a real schedule.
We built it when the kids' money app we used shut down. We wanted something simple that we own, that keeps our data, and that we can change as she grows.
She claims a job when it's done and the money posts right away. Each job has a limit, like once every 2 days.
Two numbers on her home screen: Credit is everything she owns. Available is what's left after her next loan payment.
She checks Available, asks a parent, and the parent logs the purchase. It comes out of her credit.
A parent sets up a loan. The app builds the payment schedule, tracks late payments, and counts strikes.
A parent posts a one-off task with a timer. "Walk the dog, $3, 3 hours." It disappears if nobody claims it.
Nothing is ever deleted. A mistake gets a reversal with a note, the same way a bank does it.
Kids learn money by using money, not by hearing about it. An allowance handed over in cash teaches very little. A balance she earned, a purchase she had to ask for, and a loan payment due on Friday teach a lot.
Money shows up because she did something, and she can see exactly what.
Miss a payment and it's a strike. Three strikes and the thing the loan bought gets sold. Better to learn that at home than at 25.
Every purchase lowers a number she worked to raise. She starts asking "is it worth it?" on her own.
Income from her own small business goes in next to chore money, so she sees which one grows faster.
It's part of how we homeschool. She helps set the prices and the rules, and that negotiation is a lesson too.
The whole app is public on GitHub. Take it, set it up for your own family, and change whatever you like. It runs on free tiers, so it costs about $0 a month.
The README walks through each step. You don't need to be a programmer. We built this with an AI coding assistant, and you can use one to set it up.
Open the GitHub repoAmelia Money is the first project here. More are coming, all built around the same idea: kids learn best by doing the real thing.
Small real businesses a kid can run, with the numbers to match.
Earning, saving, borrowing and interest, taught with real money.
How a parent and a kid can make their own tools without a software team.
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