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Aldo's Allowance Academy

Real money skills, before the stakes are real.

From learning to manage an allowance to launching their first business to running a classroom economy — Aldo's Allowance Academy gives kids the money skills most adults wish they'd learned growing up.

Money skills are like a muscle. Kids have to use them to build them. But in today's world, money has become invisible. We tap a phone and walk away. Our kids never see it, never hold it, and we're expecting them to understand how it works.

Three Ways to Start

Same mission. Three different doors.

Screen-Free · Printable
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The Allowance System
Ages 6–14 · 3 Levels

A complete, screen-free system that grows with your child. From counting coins to compound interest, built around weekly Money Meetings at the kitchen table.

  • ✦ 3 levels that build on each other
  • ✦ Each includes a kid's guidebook + parent guide
  • ✦ Budgeting, taxes, credit scores, investing
  • ✦ 100% printable, no screens needed
$19–$49
$19/level or $49 for all 3
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Business Blueprint
Ages 8–13 · Complete Launch Kit

Your kid wants to start a business. This kit walks them from idea to launch with a workbook, 12 editable templates, and a parent guide. Built for you to do together.

  • ✦ 35-page interactive workbook
  • ✦ 12 editable Canva templates (invoice, business card, ledger, and more)
  • ✦ 11-page parent guide
  • ✦ Instant digital download
$24
Complete kit
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For Teachers
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Classroom Economy
Grades 4–6 · Full-Year Program

A complete classroom economy that sticks with them. Students earn, budget, pay bills, and save — in a real economy they built. No fines. No behavior management. Just financial literacy by doing.

  • ✦ Teacher guide + full printable masters set
  • ✦ Aldo's Allowance currency cards + pay stubs
  • ✦ Runs the entire school year
  • ✦ Digital download or complete physical kit
$49–$349
Digital download or physical kit
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The Creator

Built by a business owner who saw the problem firsthand.

I'm Jillian, a store owner and mom of two in Barnard, Vermont. For over a decade, I've hired teenagers for their first jobs at Barnard General Store and watched the same story repeat: smart kids who'd never touched cash, never read a pay stub, never understood how money actually works.

I built Aldo's Allowance Academy for my own kids. I wanted to create a rhythm in our household that would make them confident with money long before they ever needed to be. The more I talked to other parents, the more I realized most families had the same gap and no idea where to start. So I built the system I wished existed. Today, families across the country are using it, and the best part is that the money lessons become family memories they'll carry forever.

— Jillian Minerva
Jillian with her children
10+
years hiring &
training teens
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