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.
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.
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.
Playing a money counting game
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3)
Students practice counting money by playing a game where they take turns earning money and paying someone for a job.
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.
Comparing jobs and hobbies
Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3)
Students learn about the differences between jobs and hobbies and then play a game to apply their understanding.
Identifying a career
Ideal for: Elementary school (2-3)
Students explore careers by playing a game to match career names and descriptions.