Find financial literacy activities
Find activities that can help you teach and nurture the building blocks of financial capability across the curriculum.
These classroom activities can be completed within a single class period. Each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material, so it’s easy to implement whether you’re an experienced personal finance teacher, integrating financial literacy into another subject area, or supplementing your existing financial education curriculum.
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Exploring saving and spending game
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students play a game where they earn and spend money to learn how our choices affect how we’re able to save.
Learning about insurance
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students play a game where they do an action to match common types of insurance with the risks they cover.
Exploring ways to protect what’s important to us
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students draw a picture and answer open-ended questions based on a story about protecting ourselves and our property.
Bouncing ball protection game
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
In a circle time activity, students answer questions about how we protect ourselves, our money, and our property.
Making smart money trades
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3)
Students listen to a story about making money trades and determine whether the values of different groups of coins and paper money are equal or unequal.
Comparing places to save money
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students compare saving money at home to saving money at a bank or credit union and then act out stories to explore which option they would choose.