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In Charge: Financial Literacy for Kids
The following lessons provide guidance, lesson plans, and activities for teachers interested in introducing financial literacy concepts to students in grades K-6.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Consumer Tools
Useful age-appropriate lessons and activities meant to educate kids about their finances as they grow. Geared toward ages 3 through 18+, each module identifies 4 specific milestones students should understand in order to achieve...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Financial Education
Every goal starts with taking the first step. Teaching kids to save money by collecting in a specific place such as a piggy bank or a jar shows kids concretely how much they are saving. Every time you save up to a certain small, new...
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Wells Fargo Bank: Hands on Banking for Kids
Mini learning modules that teach kids about money and its worth. Students also learn how to set financial goals during these interactive activities.
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California Jump Start: Money Rules 4 Kids
Ten money rules that every high school kid should know, available in both English and Spanish.
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Teen Analyst: Teen Financial Information
Believe it or not, most kids graduate high school lacking basic personal finance skills. That's where TeenAnalyst.com comes in. The basic idea was to give kids the information they need to become successful investors.
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Pbs Kids: It's My Life Managing Money: Spending and Saving
It is important for kids to learn how to manage their own money. This section of It's My Life-Managing Money focuses on spending and saving. Additional topics including money goals, expenses, savings, budgeting, and money tips are listed...
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Pbs Kids: It's My Life Spending Smarts Think Before You Buy!
It is important for kids to learn how to manage and spend their money properly. This section of It's My Life - Spending Smarts include a number of different topics relating to wise shopping and purchases.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Top Questions Kids Ask About Money & Answers Better Money Habits
How to turn uncomfortable questions into an opportunity to teach kids about money. Content brought to you by our partner, Better Money Habits.
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One Hen: Microfinance for Kids
Inspired by a 2008 book, "One Hen" by Katie Smith Milway, this initiative has turned into a non-profit organization working to teach world issues and global citizenship to children through families and schools.
US Department of Education
Nces Kids' Zone: Dare to Compare: 12th Grade Economics
Find out how you compare with students nationally and from around the world by taking the interactive online quiz.
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Pbs Kids: Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart!: Create a Pop Star
Follow the story line to create a pop star. You must make good financial choices to achieve success. You can also quiz yourself about commercials and other uses of music.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Economy for Kids
Hearing about the economy can be scary, especially when you don't know what it all means. Scholastic provides a glossary of economic terms, explanations about the problems facing the U.S., and ways to actually spend less in our own lives.
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Wells Fargo: Hands on Banking: Elementary School Course
Learning game for younger students in a lesson in economics in which students learn about banking, saving, budgeting, and money.
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Economic Awareness Council: Ben Knows $: Money Smart Activities for Kids [Pdf]
It is never to early to begin saving money. Use this printable workbook to help young students learn concepts like the difference between want and need, the difference between saving and spending, what banks do, and how to budget to...
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Biz Kids: Break the Bank
In this interactive game, you are a worker at a community bank, helping customers get good loans and save for their future. However, the terrible Mr. Boar and his clerks from a payday loan company have infiltrated your bank! Rally the...
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Biz Kids: Bring Home the Bacon
Bring Home the Bacon is an exciting interactive way to learn the concept of supply and demand. More demand, more customers, but don't get too carried away because upgrading your investments might be worth the wait!
Curated OER
Social Studies for Kids: Needs vs. Wants: Basic Economics
This website examines the difference between needs and wants, offers the chance for the student to make a budget, and discusses personal finance with an emphasis on income and expenses.
Curated OER
Social Studies for Kids: Needs vs. Wants: Basic Economics
This website examines the difference between needs and wants, offers the chance for the student to make a budget, and discusses personal finance with an emphasis on income and expenses.