My First Nest Egg

My First Nest Egg is a great app for kids learning about money. It’s easy to understand, engaging, and helps teach saving and smart choices in a fun, age-appropriate way. A fantastic tool for building healthy money habits early.

First, they are helpful if you have a technical issue. They responded within 24 hours and solved it within 48! Second, the app works well for me because we struggle with a chore list/weekly allowance concept. My First Nest Egg helps me connect how chores can simultaneously be a requirement of living and also a source of earning money. It adds extrinsic motivation without destroying existing intrinsic motivation. It supports the ideas of save/spend/give buckets, which we will build on when discussing budgets. We are more spontaneous, so chore lists don’t work for us (for example, some days, my kid sets the table while other days, they have too much homework.) The app gives us flexibility to earn when there’s time and intention. It also grants control to the child—allowing them to give themself credit for their work when they remember/feel they went above and beyond/have a financial goal. And it allows me to reward them spontaneously as well—like an earned bonus at a job.