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Saving, spending, giving · Ages 7–9
Three jars, real coins, and the first honest conversation a child has about money. Where it comes from, why it runs out, and what it is for.
New this term. Reviews from students and parents appear here once families have taken it.
Mr. Ward teaches this the way he teaches price theory to teenagers, only with coins on the table. Children bring their own jar and their own money; the arithmetic stays small on purpose.
Nothing here requires a family to disclose anything about its own finances.
Every meeting of this class stands on its own. Nothing in week six assumes week five, so a student can join in the middle, take the four weeks that fit around a busy month, and stop when they want to. There is no catching up to do, because there is nothing to be behind on.
That is also why there is no grade here and no such thing as an incomplete. The record keeps what actually happened: the meetings attended live and the recordings watched. A student who came to three meetings has a record of three meetings, not a failure.
Week 1
Work, and what people will pay for.
Week 2
Save, spend, give, and dividing what you have.
Week 3
You cannot have both. Pick one.
Week 4
Why the bigger thing takes longer.
Week 5
Choosing something worth giving to.
Week 6
Each child sets one real savings goal.
Three jars and a handful of coins
Family supplied
Anything you already have works.
None. Any student in the age range can enroll.
Thrift and generosity taught together. No product, platform, or brand is ever named.
Read our academic philosophyMeetings are recorded and released to enrolled families for fourteen days. Recordings capture the instructor and shared materials; student video is not published.
Full refund up to seven days before the first meeting; inside seven days, everything paid is credited to your Lyceum balance. No refunds or credits once the class has begun. Cancel any section from your parent account.
These describe how this instructor has been trained, reviewed with educators and accessibility specialists. They are not a diagnosis and not a marketing claim.
Students and parents review separately, on different questions, and the two aggregates are never blended. Every review is verified and moderated.
No parent reviews for this class yet.
Reviews from students are published as “Student, age 13”, never with a full name. Photo and short video reviews are supported and moderated before they appear.
Economics
Eight weeks, both sides, no slogans
Smith, Mises, Hayek and Friedman put directly against Marx, Polanyi, and the modern critics, with students required to state each case in its strongest form.
Mr. Thomas WardNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$8/wk
$48 in total
$19.20 for add’l siblings
Great Books
Selections, read closely
A student studying Smith reads Smith. Books I and IV in substantial selection, plus the passages from Moral Sentiments people forget exist.
Mr. Thomas WardNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$8/wk
$56 in total
$22.40 for add’l siblings
Personal Finance
Twice a week · Five weeks · Ages 15–18
Budget, credit, compounding, taxes and insurance in five weeks, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Built to be finished before a first job starts.
Mr. Thomas WardNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$14/wk
$70 in total
$28 for add’l siblings
