Materials & Resources For Elementary Classrooms
Below you will find free financial education curriculum and materials for the classroom.
Please Note:
DFI does not register, review, or evaluate financial education curriculum or resources for Washington schools.
The resources listed below are designed so educators can easily implement financial education discussions into the classroom.
| Pre-2 |
Curriculum |
Practical Money Skills for Life
Complete curriculum and materials from Visa. Designed for students in grades preschool - 2.
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| K-2 |
Curriculum |
Common Cents
Unit from the U.S. Mint that walks early elementary aged students through the basics of counting and using the smallest U.S. coin denominations (the penny, nickel, and dime).
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| K-2 |
Curriculum |
Creative Coin Combinations
Unit from the U.S. Mint that focuses on counting coins and coin equivalencies up to fifty cents for grades K – 2, making use of a literature connection.
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| K-2 |
Curriculum |
What's It Worth
Highly hands-on coin unit from the U.S. Mint for students in first and second grade. Students play games and work with coin manipulatives to practice recognizing coins and values, finding coin combinations, and adding coin values.
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| K-5 |
Curriculum |
Moonjar ($)
Moonjar's classroom kit is ideal for after school skill building programs, pastoral classrooms, community outreach classes or any other educational programs. Created for grades 2-4, it includes all the tools you need to integrate financial literacy into your math and English curricula: 1 Leaders Lesson Plan, 25 Standard Moonjars, 1 Classic Moonjar, 1 copy of How The Moonjar Was Made and 1 Conversations To Go about Money.
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| K-6 |
Presentation |
JA DAY
JA Day is a one-day presentation of Junior Achievement's programs. JA Day is a unique opportunity for JA to reach children a whole school at a time.
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| 1-5 |
Online Game |
Moneyopolis
Online game that challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money.
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| 1-5 |
Online Game |
Planet Orange
Planet Orange is an interactive game that challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money.
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| 2-3 |
Curriculum |
Money Savvy Kids
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Students love working with the Money Savvy Pig piggy bank and, of course, receiving one of their very own to use in the classroom and ultimately take home. Instructor materials consist of a 136 page teacher handbook, Money Savvy Pig Piggy Bank, CD-ROM, Money Farm DVD (to use as lesson review material). Students receive their own Money Savvy Pig Piggy Bank and a 21 page student workbook.
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| 3-6 |
Curriculum |
Practical Money Skills for Life
Complete curriculum and materials from Visa. Designed for students in grades 3 - 6.
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| 3-9 |
TV Series |
BizKid$
From the creators of Bill Nye the Science Guy, BizKid$ is a public TV series where kids teach kids about money and business.
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For Educators
Materials & Resources
Jump$tart Clearinghouse
For more materials and resources, visit the Jump$tart clearinghouse.
The clearinghouse is a searchable database of financial education
materials, curriculum, and resources.
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