I personally believe the earlier you get your kids involved in money the more likely they will be to choose good investing habits. If you pay your kids an allowance it’s not a bad practice to split a portion of it for the young one to save for the long term. Once they are old enough to show interest (middle school?) you’ll want to show them the basics. To the make the stock market for kids more accesible I have attempted playing “games” or fantasy investing in the past with my cousins, unfortunately for me I found out these games lead to a more of gambling mentality then a investing mentality. Kids need to see a more immediate result then average investing can provide, so I now prefer to just pay them to help me. Increase the chore as they mature from just being with me listening to why I chose stock x, y, or z to doing basic research, or look for patterns in charts (which many kids are amazingly good at.)
Most kids I know just want to spend time with someone they look up to. Start them an IRA (which will help them out for retirement) and make them “earn” what you put in the account. Besides, it may build character.
