
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 |
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Children discover how bartering led to the need for a monetary system and why it's important to earn money. |
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HERE'S THE SCOOP: FOLLOW AN ICE-CREAM CONE AROUND THE WORLD |
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Children learn that everything costs money and see how they are economically connected to people everywhere. |
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A MONEY ADVENTURE: EARNING, SAVING, SPENDING AND SHARING |
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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. |
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FROM BEADS TO BANK NOTES: THE STORY OF MONEY |
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Students learn about the history of money, the need for a medium of exchange, and the importance of saving and budgeting. |
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CHECK IT OUT: THE BOOK ABOUT BANKING |
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Students learn how banks work, what services banks provide, the meaning of credit and ways to manage money. |
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TAKING STOCK: THE WORLD OF BUSINESS |
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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. |
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MONEY TOWN |
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Award Winning CD-ROM for Windows/Macintosh |
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NEALE
S. GODFREY'S ULTIMATE KIDS' MONEY BOOK
1998, Simon
& Schuster, ISBN 8-689-81717-7
Hardcover $19.95
VARIETY OF RESOURCES -
FROM WEBSITES TO CURRICULUM:
Department of Financial Institutions
Guide to
Financial Literacy Resources -
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Early Intervention
Basic Literacy
Credit Rehabilitation
Asset Building
Specialized Curriculum
Children And Money & ICFE Kids |
The ICFE/Kids sections offers money tips for young Americans, financial information and education resources, a credit education course for high school seniors and college students, education and information on the dangers of debt accumulation while young, savings and investment information, first-time credit information and financial planning education.
This section
also includes statistics and survey results of what students know
about money, and also a young spender's profile, 10 commandments of
personal finance, a credit risk profile, a new software program for
managing your allowances ways for parents and grandparents to teach
children about money.
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For Parents and Grandparents |
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RESOURCES
Organizations
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Independent Means – Joline
Godfrey offers information on her summer programs and helps parents and kids
stay financially fit with a newsletter of monthly tips.
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Jump$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
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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The First
National Bank of Dad: The Best Way to Teach Kids About Money
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Kids Allowances
– How Much, How Often & How Come, A Guide for Parents |
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Kids and Money:
How Parents Can Raise Responsible Savers, Earners, Spenders and
Investors |
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Kids, Parents
and Money: Teaching Personal Finances from Piggybank to Prom |
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Money Doesn’t
Grow on Trees: A Parents Guide to Raising Financially Responsible
Children |
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Money Sense for
Kids
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Prodigal Sons
and Material Girls: How Not to Be Your Child's ATM |
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Raising
Financially Fit Kids |
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!