The whole kit · books, lessons, poster, cards and one guide only the kit has

School skipped money. Teach it at your own table.

The same $1,000 of card debt costs $115 or about $820. Kids learn which at your table.

Six Family Money Nights, plus both Pocket Gears money books, the lessons, the poster and the cards.

The full history for you, twenty lessons for the kids, the timeline poster and fifty quiz cards. Then the Family Money Night guide puts everyone at one table: a game, a true story and one dollar to follow each evening.

Buy the whole kit$67

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The same $1,000 of card debt can cost about $820 in interest. The whole kit is $67.

$80 of parts for $67, plus the guide sold nowhere else.

First edition, facts checked November 15, 2026.

6 Money Nights23-chapter illustrated history20 lessons1 poster50 quiz cards

Did money start with swapping?Where does the money go after you deposit it?Where does a $2,000 paycheck go?What does $1,000 of card debt really cost?Why do prices outrun paychecks?How did the biggest Ponzi scheme get caught?Did money start with swapping?Where does the money go after you deposit it?Where does a $2,000 paycheck go?What does $1,000 of card debt really cost?Why do prices outrun paychecks?How did the biggest Ponzi scheme get caught?

Why this kit

Nobody taught you either

The comment we see most on Pocket Gears is some version of this one:

"No school teaches you about money... Most of the education system is irrelevant"

Then the paycheck arrives and it's smaller than the offer. "$2,000 on paper and only $1,456 actually lands in the account." Then somebody learns the bank doesn't keep their deposit in a drawer. "Did anyone else assume it was just sitting there?!"

Lots of people who write those comments now have kids. They want to give them the class they never got, and they're not sure they could teach it, because nobody taught them.

So this kit does both. The books and the poster are for you. The lessons and cards are for the kids. And the Family Money Night guide is the part that gets you all at the same table, learning the same thing in the same hour, with the grown-up briefing in your hand five minutes before dinner.

Money is a machine people built. Open one panel a night.

A free piece of Night 3

Where does a $2,000 paycheck go?

Before"Taxes ate it."

A pile of money vanished and nobody can say where. A teen meets this on their first payday, alone.

After Night 3"Four lines are law. Two are choices."

The family sorts one sample stub into piles of beans and can name every line.

Here's the sample stub the family sorts in Night 3. Every line is in the guide, marked law or choice.

A sample pay stub: $2,000.00 gross pay, $1,456.00 lands in the account

72.8¢

So where did your dollar end up? Of every gross dollar on this stub, 72.8 cents land. That's the line the kids write on the fridge.

FICA rates from IRS Topic 751. States without a wage income tax from the Tax Foundation, 2025. Example amounts are examples, not your stub. Education, not financial advice.

The guide only the kit has

Six nights, one dollar to follow

Each night is 45 to 60 minutes after dinner and runs the same four steps. Every game has a version for ages 6 to 8, 9 to 12, and teens with grown-ups.

1 · The momentA real scene to read aloud, from what viewers say.

2 · The briefingFive minutes for the grown-up, every number sourced.

3 · The gameBeans, tokens or candy. The family runs the machine.

4 · The last stopThe coin counter: where did your dollar end up?

Night 1 · Part OneDid money start with swapping?

A three-round market: swaps, then IOUs, then shells. Why the barter story is mostly a myth.

A boy playing banker at a cardboard counter

Night 2 · Part OneWhere does a deposit go?

Your kid runs a kitchen bank, makes a loan and watches the ledger outgrow the box.

Night 3 · Part TwoWhere does a $2,000 paycheck go?

Bean the Stub: one sample pay stub sorted line by line, law versus choice.

A family drawing a debt chart on the floor

Night 4 · Part TwoWhat does $1,000 of card debt cost?

A floor chart where the same $1,000 costs $115 or about $820 in interest.

Night 5 · Part ThreeWhy do prices outrun paychecks?

A three-round auction where the bank prints and the allowance arrives last.

A family playing detectives at a clue board

Night 6 · Part ThreeHow did the biggest Ponzi get caught?

A candy pyramid that falls, then the Madoff case file, worked from the court record.

Also in the 45-page guide

6 printable game sheets
36 cut-out talk cards in 3 age bands
A grown-up briefing and worked example every night
The six-week plan
A fridge page for the coin counter
The 8 Money Night mistakes
When a night goes sideways
A 20-word glossary and 21 sources

Everything in the kit

Five parts, one download

The Family Money Night guide

45 pages. Six evening plans, games, talk cards and printables. Only in the kit.

Kit only

The Story of Money: From Shells to CBDCs

The full illustrated history for grown-ups, 23 chapters, every claim sourced.

$27 alone

Teach Kids Money: 20 Printable Lessons

Ages 6 to 12. A script, a game and a worksheet in every lesson.

$37 alone

The Money Timeline Poster

5,000 years on one wall, in Letter, A3 and 18 x 24, with its sources sheet.

$7 alone

Explain It Back: 50 Quiz Cards

Five colored decks that match Nights 2 to 6, Letter and A4.

$9 alone

Bought one by one: $80. The kit: $67. You save $13 and get the guide.$67

Real pages from the guide

Flip through it first

Night 1 opener page — Every night opens with its own picture, a kit list and a run sheet with times.

Grown-up briefing page — The grown-up briefing: five minutes of reading, a source on every number, a worked example.

Game rules page — Numbered game steps, a version for each age, and where the rest of the kit fits in.

Talk cards page — Six cut-out talk cards a night, and the coin counter's last stop.

Printable auction tally sheet — Printable game sheets on plain white, like the Night 5 auction tally.

Fridge page — The fridge page: one dollar's whole story, one night at a time.

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Who made this

Same rules as the channel

Hey, I'm Nico. On Pocket Gears I take one money system at a time and show the gears inside, so it stops feeling like magic or a conspiracy. Most of it isn't secret. It just never got explained.

The books and lessons cover the history and the kids' side. The Family Money Night guide is the piece for the gap between them: one hour a week where a grown-up and a kid learn the same thing, and the grown-up doesn't have to know it already.

6evening plans, each matched to the kit's chapters, lessons and decks

21sources in the guide: Fed, FDIC, IRS, BLS, SEC, DOJ and more

36talk cards in three age bands

0products we're paid to name

What we don't claim: this is education, not financial, tax or legal advice. It doesn't tell you what to buy or invest in, and Night 6 tells how a fraud got caught, never how one is run.

Questions

Before you buy

My kids are 6 and 14. Does one night work for both?

Yes. Every game has a version for ages 6 to 8, 9 to 12, and teens with grown-ups, and the talk cards come in all three bands, so everyone plays the same game at their own level.

I'm not good with money myself. Can I run this?

That's who it's for. Each night has a five-minute grown-up briefing to read before dinner, with the answer to the hard question and a source for every number.

What do I need to buy?

Nothing special. Dried beans, scrap paper, a shoebox and some candy cover all six nights. The printables are in the guide.

Does it work in a classroom?

Yes. Split the class into tables of four to six and each table plays the game, and the lessons and quiz cards are already built for groups.

Who is the kit not for?

Not for you if there are no kids or class to teach. The guide is the kit's reason.

I already own one of the books. Is the kit still worth it?

The guide is kit-only, and it points to the books at every night. Owners still get all six nights.

How do I get it, and does it work on a phone?

You download all 10 PDFs right after checkout. They read on a phone, tablet or laptop, and the game sheets, poster and cards are made to print at home.

Can I get a refund?

All sales are final. This is a digital download you get right away, so we don't offer refunds. This doesn't affect any rights you have by law. The contents and real pages are here so you can check before you buy.

Give them the class you never got

Six nights, one dollar, the whole family at one table. Plus both Pocket Gears money books, the lessons, the poster and the cards.

The same $1,000 of card debt can cost about $820 in interest. The whole kit is $67.

Buy the whole kit$67

Instant download, 5 parts, 10 PDFs. Secure Stripe checkout. All sales are final.