Financial education resources and activities that can be done at home.
Game Idea
- Monopoly
The classic game is an opportunity to teach the basics of budgeting, saving, and purchasing.
Budgeting
Videos
- Money Management/Budgeting Video
Teaches the concepts of money management and budgeting. - What is the Cost of Pet Ownership?
PBS video that teaches the costs of pet ownership.
Printable Worksheet
- Are U Money Savvy?
Worksheet from the Money Savvy Generation that teaches budgeting and saving basics. - Official Money Guide for Teenagers
Money guide from the Money Savvy Generation.
Online Games and Activities
- Determine Your Budget
Interactive activity that helps students develop a personal budget. - Lights Camera Budget
Lights, Camera, Budget! leverages the excitement around the film industry to teach students key personal finance concepts.
Goal Setting and Saving
Videos
- Be SMART with Money
Video clip from Biz Kid$ that discusses how setting financial goals is important for achieving success.
Printable Worksheets
- Exploring Savings Habits
Worksheet that helps students explore good savings habits. - Money Goals Worksheet
Worksheet that helps students understand the importance of money goals. - Setting SMART Savings Goals
Worksheet that walks students through setting smart money goals.
Earning Money
Videos
- Let’s Go! Careers
Using career profiles and 360 videos, Let's Go! CAREERS bring students virtually inside the work environment, especially in areas that need skilled workers.
Printable Worksheet
- Meeting Your Future Self
Activity that encourages students to think about their future self. - Choosing a Career
Pages 4-10 of this workbook walk students through choosing a career. - How Do We Get the Things We Want?
Visit the comic book universe to understand and answer the three basic economic questions: What to produce, how to produce it, and for whom to produce? Pages 1-10 relate to earning and spending money.
What is Money?
Videos
- Money, A Global Game of Trust
The value of money all comes down to trust. When did we transition from the barter system to using money? This video discusses some of its origin stories.
Printable worksheet
- Once Upon a Dime Comic Book
Learn the story of the growing economy on Planet Novus and focus on the concepts of barter, currency, and banking. Once Upon a Dime is also available in Spanish. - How Do We Get the Things We Want?
Visit the comic book universe to understand and answer the three basic economic questions: What to produce, how to produce it, and for whom to produce? Pages 11-20 relate to what is money. - What is an Economy?
Discover circular flow across the Planet Novus economy and learn about supply and demand, wants and needs, and the flow of goods and services. - Counting Cash
Worksheet that prepares student for jobs in the real world by learning how to handle cash.