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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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  • Learning about coins

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    Ideal for: Elementary school (K-1)

    Students learn to identify the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and their values.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Getting paid), Save and invest (Banking options), Spend (Buying things)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial habits and norms
    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Earning money

    Updated

    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.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Making money)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Executive function
    • Financial habits and norms
    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills

  • Learning about careers with Money Monsters

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    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.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Learning about careers, Making money)
    Activity duration:
    45-60 minutes

    Building block

    • Executive function
    • Financial habits and norms

  • Comparing jobs and hobbies

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    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.

    Key information

    Topic:
    Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Making money)
    Activity duration:
    15-20 minutes

    Building block

    • Financial habits and norms
    • Financial knowledge and decision-making skills
Activities align with the My Money Five principles introduced by the statutorily created federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission.