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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Making spending choices
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
Students listen to a Money Monster story about getting a pet and then discuss spending choices.
Drawing your own business comic strip
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students explore entrepreneurship by reading a story about entrepreneurs and drawing a comic strip about starting a business.
Being a thankful borrower
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
Students listen to a Money Monster story about borrowing things and then create a “thank you” card for someone they have borrowed something from.
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.