What can we do with money? Deciding on the best use of our money requires planning. Students will identify ways that money can be used: spending, saving, and giving.

Why do we use money? Learn why we need money and to identify bills and coins.

In this lesson, students will identify why having a budget and keeping records of their spending and saving habits helps them make better financial choices.

This site includes two first grade math vocabulary lesson plans: one for measurement terms and time and money, and another for geometry terms

The purpose of this lesson plan from the Illinois Institute of Technology is to review estimating and rounding to the nearest dollar as well as gain skills and practice in counting money. The students will define the meaning of estimate...

This resource provides activities such as: savings video, youth money newletters, financial literacy games, related links, and a teacher section.

Explore methods for calculating and comparing discounts in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students develop different strategies for calculating and comparing discounts, including percent off a price,...

Living in the real world is expensive and sometimes hard for a new college graduate to adjust to. This lesson will allow students to see the importance and need of budgeting money. Students will have to make choices and research...