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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Earning money
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1)
Students listen to a story about earning money and color pictures showing jobs that kids could do to earn money.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.