Practical Money Skills
Visa: Practical Money Skills for Life: Road Trip to Savings
Arcade-style game introduces young learners to concepts of saving, spending, needs, and wants. Players have to keep their cars on the road by allocating their spending between needs (car insurance and gas) and wants.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Buy a Bond, James: A Lesson on Us Savings Bonds
This site is extremely informative for teaching children the value of saving money. "You will write a persuasive letter telling why people use savings bonds as a way to save their money."
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: A Penny Saved Is a Penny at 4.7% Earned
There are lots of ways to receive income, and lots of ways to spend it. In this EconomicsMinute you will develop two budgets to help you decide how to allocate your income. Assuming you do not love making dollar bill rings.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Climbing the Savings Mountain
Students discover how saving money can be compared to a mountain climb. The climb can be fast or slow, safe or hazardous, scenic or thrilling. You will find out that there is more than one way to get to the top!
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Climbing the Savings Mountain
Check out this lesson plan to learn how to develop a savings plan that is right for you.
Other
Ally: Adventures With Money;: Planet Zeee and the Money Tree
Comic book for elementary students helps with understanding money concepts.
Other
Choose to Save: The Magic of Compounding
[PDF] Encourages students to start saving early and explains the power of compound interest.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Money Metropolis
Money skills game teaches students how to make money and what to do with it once they have earned it.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Money Market
A money market account is both a savings account and an investment vehicle. Learn about the two types of money market accounts- deposit accounts (MMDA) and mutual funds (MMMF)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Creating a Savings First Aid Kit
Students learn the importance of developing an emergency savings fund to deal with unexpected challenges and unplanned expenses.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Why Prepare for the Unexpected?
Identifies the steps students need to take when developing their own plans for being financially prepared for emergencies.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Compound Interest Simulator
This applet will allow you to investigate savings account earnings, credit card debt, and a stock market simulation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Easy Tips to Save Money Every Day
Saving starts with just a few simple changes to your spending. Learn how to save money on your everyday expenses, like groceries, transportation and entertainment. [3:50]
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Saving and Investing
This collection of activities offers practical strategies to help parents teach teens the basics of saving and investing. Using the suggested activities, parents can share facts about direct investing, mutual funds, and investment clubs...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Allowance and Work
This collection of activities focuses on strategies for teaching teens how to balance allowance, chores, school, and work. Also provided are practical tips for parents regarding signs to look for that may indicated earned money is being...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Allowance and Savings
Ideas to teach children the importance of saving and the value of an allowance using this activity. Suggestions for conveying these ideas include related worksheets to help children better grasp these concepts.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Money
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Money.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Money: Kids and Cash
This site provides a lesson plan about the dynamics of saving and borrowing with banks.
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of Omaha: Why We Save [Pdf]
Why do people need to save money? This lesson plan is geared for Kindergarten through 2nd grade and helps students understand the reasons for saving.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Compound Interest Calculator
Calculate compound interest on an investment or savings. Using the compound interest formula, calculate principal plus interest or principal or rate or time.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Investment Calculator
Use the calculator to calculate the future value of an investment or the required variables necessary to meet your target future value. Required values you can calculate are initial investment amount, interest rate, number of years or...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Investment Account Calculator
Calculate the future value of an investment account that has periodic contributions, withdrawals, and a constant interest rate compounded daily.