Free Digitability Resource: Planning a Holiday Dinner
Help students build real-world money habits while strengthening problem-solving and teamwork skills.
Make Budgeting Interactive and Fun
In this activity, students take on the role of smart shoppers planning a holiday dinner. Working in teams, they rotate through budgeting stations set up around the classroom, where they answer financial questions, review their peers’ ideas, and make decisions that help them stay within a set grocery budget. Using Digitability’s Bankability platform and differentiated worksheets, every student practices real-world financial decision-making — at their own level.
What’s Inside
- Holiday Dinner Budget Challenge: Students plan a meal, use a grocery store ad to compare prices, and decide how to stay on budget.
- Interactive Learning Stations: Turn your classroom into a series of “financial stops” where students record and discuss their spending choices.
- Bankability Integration: Reinforce financial literacy by having students track their decisions using Digitability’s Virtual Banking tools.
- Differentiated Resources: Multiple worksheet levels and visuals ensure every learner can successfully participate.
Why It Matters
- Builds financial literacy by helping students apply budgeting concepts in a meaningful, hands-on way.
- Strengthens collaboration, communication, and critical thinking as students compare and discuss their spending decisions.
- Promotes independence and self-advocacy, key skills for students preparing for life beyond the classroom.
Objective & Details
Objective: Teach students to plan, prioritize, and stick to a realistic budget while collaborating with peers.
Duration: ~25 minutes (varies by student need)
Digitability Concepts: Financial Literacy, Functional Academics
Directions: Set up budgeting “stations” using the provided posters and chart paper. Assign students to small groups and have them rotate through each station, reading a financial question and recording their answer. Once all groups have visited each station, host a quick debrief where students share what they noticed about spending choices and discuss strategies for sticking to a budget.
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