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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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.
Borrowing or buying?
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1)
Students learn the difference between borrowing and buying things and then play a game where they sit or stand to distinguish between borrowing or buying.
Sequencing a story about borrowing
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1)
Students listen to a story about borrowing and then sequence picture cards so they can use them to retell the story.
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.
Singing a song about saving
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1)
Students discuss the importance of saving money and sing a song about saving.
Understanding our money choices
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5)
Students discuss and reflect on how they think and feel about money and how the people in their lives help shape those thoughts and feelings.
Meeting your future self
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)
Students imagine their lives in 10 years and write a fill-in-the-blank letter from their future selves to their current selves.
Playing career charades
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3)
Students play a game of charades to explore different careers.
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.
Matching interests and talents to careers
Ideal for: Elementary school (4-5)
Students match two people’s interests and talents to ideal careers and then write about their own interests, talents, and possible career choices.