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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Sharing a story about borrowing
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students read a story about Money Monsters who are learning to be good borrowers.
Learning about careers with Money Monsters
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
Students use paper puppets to role-play a story about Money Monsters exploring career options and think about careers they might enjoy.
Learning to save with Money Monsters
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
Students listen to a story about saving money and then apply their learning using paper puppets.
Learning about giving with Money Monsters
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
Students listen to a story about giving money and then apply their learning using paper puppets.
Exploring entrepreneurship
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students read a book about starting a business, think of an idea for a product they can create or improve, and design a plan for selling it.
Exploring opportunity costs
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students read a book about the opportunity costs of starting a business, play a fill-in-the-blank game, and discuss things they could give up so they can have something else.
Choosing a career
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students identify their interests and talents after reading a story about characters who explore careers connected to things they like to do.
Playing a business game
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students read a book about starting a business and then play a game to explore things that can happen when you run a business.
Spending more than money on a pet
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5)
Students read a story and then write a persuasive paragraph about a pet they’d like to own.
Starting small and saving up
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3), Elementary school (4-5)
Students read a story about characters who save for something special and then create their own savings goal.