What does Banzai teach?

Banzai was designed to help students learn to make smart spending and savings decisions. Specifically, you may use it to teach:

Core budgeting principles

• Living within your means
• Dividing income between short and long-term wants and needs
• Setting aside money for emergencies
• Preparing for upcoming expenses
• Making trade-offs to stay within budget

Account management

• Tracking balances of bank, credit card, and loan accounts
• Account reconciliation

Tracking income and expenses over time

• Income and expense categorization
• Interpreting charts and graphs of spending activity
• Tracking net worth

We've developed two ways to use Banzai in the classroom: Using Life Scenarios or using students' own income and expenses.