Session 6 Family Guide

Money, Values & You — Tips for families facilitating Session 6: Smart Spending

Overview

Master comparison shopping, learn the difference between price and value, and practice gratitude in consumption.

Facilitating Each Lesson

Lesson 1: Unit Pricing and Comparison Shopping

Tip: Learn how to compare products by unit price, not just sticker price. Find the real best deal. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.

Try asking: "What do you think about what is unit pricing: cost per ounce, per item, per serving?"

Lesson 2: Price vs. Value

Tip: Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. Learn to think about both before every purchase. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.

Try asking: "What do you think about price is what you pay; value is what you get?"

Lesson 3: Impulse Buying and Advertising

Tip: Understand what triggers impulse purchases and develop strategies to resist them. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.

Try asking: "What do you think about what is impulse buying: unplanned purchases driven by emotion?"

Lesson 4: Halal Consumption and Shukr

Tip: Explore the Islamic concepts of halal (permissible) consumption and Shukr (gratitude) in spending. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.

Try asking: "What do you think about what halal consumption means: earning and spending in permissible ways?"

Conversation Starters for Home

"What did you learn today about what is unit pricing: cost per ounce, per item, per serving?"
"What did you learn today about price is what you pay; value is what you get?"
"What did you learn today about what is impulse buying: unplanned purchases driven by emotion?"
"What did you learn today about what halal consumption means: earning and spending in permissible ways?"