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This program was developed as supplemental curriculum available to teachers in grades pre K - 8 and after-school programs who are interested in introducing financial literacy materials. It is currently in use in more than 5,000 classrooms in 48 states..

It is packaged in classroom sets specifically focused - one for early grades (designed for pre-K through 3rd or 4th grade and a second for 4th through 8th grade)

It is created:

Contents of Curricula Classroom Sets

 

The following books are the kid friendly titles that engage students participating in this program
 

WHY MONEY WAS INVENTED

Why Money was Invented

Children discover how bartering led to the need for a monetary system and why it's important to earn money.

HERE'S THE SCOOP: FOLLOW AN ICE-CREAM CONE AROUND THE WORLD

Heres the Scoop

Children learn that everything costs money and see how they are economically connected to people everywhere.

A MONEY ADVENTURE: EARNING, SAVING, SPENDING AND SHARING

Money Adventure

Various uses of money are explored as children learn how to start and run a business, how to earn and save money, and what a savings account is about.

FROM BEADS TO BANK NOTES: THE STORY OF MONEY

From Beads to Banknotes

"When the teacher tells us we were going to start the lesson from this book (From Beads to Bank Notes) we were all excited."

— Laura

Students learn about the history of money, the need for a medium of exchange, and the importance of saving and budgeting.

CHECK IT OUT: THE BOOK ABOUT BANKING

Students learn how banks work, what services banks provide, the meaning of credit and ways to manage money.

TAKING STOCK: THE WORLD OF BUSINESS

Taking Stock

How our economy works, the role business plays, why we pay taxes, and how the stock market works are some of the issues to be explored by students in this book.

MONEY TOWN

Money Town<>

Award Winning CD-ROM for Windows/Macintosh
Published by Simon & Schuster/Davidson: $14.95

CFN's award winning CD-ROM is a fun way to teach kids the value of Money. Fun and funds go hand in hand when you put your money where your mouse is. This joy-filled multimedia adventure teaches your child all the basics about dollars and cents. As kids help Greenstreet's coolest characters earn money to reopen their town park, they'll click-and-discover a merry world full of animated money facts, figures, songs and surprises that will send them giggling all the way to the bank.


NEALE S. GODFREY'S ULTIMATE KIDS' MONEY BOOK

1998, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 8-689-81717-7
Hardcover $19.95

 

VARIETY OF RESOURCES -
FROM WEBSITES TO CURRICULUM:

 

Department of Financial Institutions 

 

Guide to Financial Literacy Resources -
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Early Intervention

Basic Literacy

Credit Rehabilitation

Asset Building

Specialized Curriculum

Online Programs for Children

 

Children And Money &  ICFE Kids

The ICFE/Kids sections offers money tips for young Americans, financial information and education resources, a credit education course for high school seniors and college students, education and information on the dangers of debt accumulation while young, savings and investment information, first-time credit information and financial planning education.

This section also includes statistics and survey results of what students know about money, and also a young spender's profile, 10 commandments of personal finance, a credit risk profile, a new software program for managing your allowances ways for parents and grandparents to teach children about money.
Other features in financial education include budget and expense guidelines,
instructions for a creating a budget with a one-page budget form, helpful
information on spending, savings and using credit wisely.
Also tips for using credit and credit cards, plus fun books and financial education videos in the bookstore to help you learn about money and credit

 

For Parents and Grandparents

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Literacy for Kids: Money Lessons Should Start Young

RESOURCES
Organizations
Independent Means – Joline Godfrey offers information on her summer programs and helps parents and kids stay financially fit with a newsletter of monthly tips.
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy – The California Jump$tart Coalition, part of a national organization based in Washington, D.C., is committed to helping solve the problem of financial irresponsibility through education. The coalition works with schools, in classes from kindergarten to 12th grade, to help students understand the value of money. In California, Jump$tart is teaching personal finance to teachers, lobbying policy-makers to include more financial education in school curriculum, and has created a Web page that links finance issues to California math standards

Books
The Everything Kids’ Money Book: From Saving to Spending to Investing – Learn All About Money! (Everything Kids Series), by Diane Mayr (Adams Media Corporation, 2002). Kids 9 to 12 will actually enjoy learning about the basics of money with this light-touch volume.
The Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids (And Their Parents), by Adriane G. Berg and Arthur Berg Bochner (Newmarket Press, 1993). This award-winning book is geared to the 10 to 18-year old crowd as it teaches the fundamentals of saving, investing, and working, among other essentials about money.
Raising Financially Fit Kids, by Joline Godfrey (Ten Speed Press, 2003) – A parent’s guide to raising financially sophisticated children, from the founder and CEO of the leading provider of financial programs for kids and parents.
Kidca$h: Cash Management for Kids, by Maureen Dolan Rosan – This spiral-bound workbook covers monetary principles simply, then provides a space for kids to track every penny in and every penny spent and tally it all at the end of each month.

Financial Literacy Books for Parents

Dollars & Sense For Kids
by Janet Bodnar
This book aimed at parents gives advice on choosing an allowance, considering pay-for-chores, dealing with advertising, distinguishing wants from needs, answering questions on family finances, budgeting, and saving.

 

The First National Bank of Dad: The Best Way to Teach Kids About Money
by David Owen
The author has devised a new way to teach kids about money. In this book he explains how he helped his children become eager savers and rational spenders by setting up his own bank at home and offering a relatively high rate of return on any amount they chose to save. He also describes at length what he feels is the best investment any parent can make for a child-an idea that will surprise most readers.

 

Kids Allowances – How Much, How Often & How Come, A Guide for Parents
by David McCurrach
Hundreds of parents share their allowance decisions and author David McCurrach gives his own recommendations. There’s also an accompanying Allowance Workbook for parents and kids that can be customized to reflect your family’s needs and values.

 

Kids and Money: How Parents Can Raise Responsible Savers, Earners, Spenders and Investors
by Jayne A Pearl
This book offers detailed instructions about how parents can raise their children to be knowledgeable, responsible, intelligent and ethical investors, earners, savers and spenders of money. The author also provides relevant solutions and real-life strategies for teaching money skills and values.

 

Kids, Parents and Money: Teaching Personal Finances from Piggybank to Prom
by William S. Stawski
This book contains practical and fun strategies that parents can use to teach kids how to be financially savvy and secure.

 

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: A Parents Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children
by Neale S. Godfrey and Carolina Edwards
This guide shows parents how to determine whether their child is a spender or a saver, and how to use allowance to teach financial principles. It also gives advice on how to teach children about earning, saving, investing, and spending.

 

Money Sense for Kids
by Hollis Harman
This book is packed with information to help parents teach their kids the ABCs of personal finance.

 

Prodigal Sons and Material Girls: How Not to Be Your Child's ATM
by Nathan Dungan
The average child has unrealistic expectations about money, and expensive taste! From the preschooler who begs for another toy to the college student who graduates buried in $10,000 of credit card debt, today's youth lack a sense of financial responsibility. This book was written to help parents influence and shape their child's financial habits. By blending real-world stories with the tools and techniques needed to instill within your children a sense of financial responsibility that will last a lifetime.

 

Raising Financially Fit Kids
by Joline Godfrey
Godfrey, o ne of the country's leading experts on kids, parents and money, gives parents the secrets and knowledge she has gleaned for a decade of working with kids on financial literacy and business. At the heart of the books lies 10 specific money skills children can master by the age of 18 to become financially secure adults.

Thrive by FiveTM:
Teaching Your Preschooler About Spending and Saving

  List of books for preschoolers: approx. 30 books listed
  Check out the Other Resources
  17 Things a 5 Year Old Should Know

Financial Literacy for Children from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs
Learn more about the Kids Wealth Kit
BizWorld - Give students the opportunity to start and run their own companies. Students learn the basics of business, entrepreneurship, economics and money management.
Teach kids about saving, spending and investing
Check out "Money Rock!"
Order board games to teach your kids the value of money education
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's fun kid site
Play games, download lesson plans and more!

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