Updated on March 5, 2017
These websites and apps immerse kids and teens in money – how to count it and how to manage it. They have games, lessons, and interactives designed to help kids and teens learn practical financial skills. Lessons range from how to count coins to sites about financial planning, saving, earning and investing for college and beyond. A few websites also help to teach students about the history of money.
The Everfi unit for for high school students provides lessons and simulations on credit scores, credit cards, insurance, taxes, investing, saving, 401Ks, and mortgages. This unit is designed for students in grades 9-12 and consists of 6 hours of lessons,…
Android app – Peter Pig helps you learn to count and sort money into jars, and add coins of different denominations. Uses U.S. currency. You can also download it for on the Kindle Fire from the Amazon apps store.
From site: Add up coins to equal the value on the screen. Try to figure out which coins add up, because each puzzle has a set number of coins you must use! Try to solve at least 8 puzzles before…
For children at many skill levels, this money app helps kids practice identifying coin values and making change.
The Secret Millionaires Club has several activities to teach kids about money. There are cartoons on topics such as earning money, credit cards and making buying decisions. Play one the interactive games to learn about compounding interest, sorting money and…
Learn to count money and earn fish for the fish bowl. There are three levels of difficulty.
From site: Money Math: Lessons for Life is a four-lesson curriculum supplement designed for students, grades 7-9, who will learn math concepts using real-life examples from personal finance. The 86-page book features a teacher’s guide with lesson plans, reproducible activity…
From site: Games can be powerful teaching tools… Teens and even full-grown adults can learn while playing games. Financial Soccer – Test your knowledge with Financial Soccer, a fast-paced, interactive game that uses the excitement and energy of soccer to engage…
From site: Welcome to FDIC’s Learning Bank! My name is Carmen Cents and I’ll be your guide through the Learning Bank. Click on the WHO coin on the left to begin our tour! The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created…
From site: Unlike the Spanish colonists to the south, the English settlers of our original thirteen colonies found no gold or silver among the riches of their new land. Neither did they receive great supplies of gold and silver coins…
From site: Get as much money in your piggy bank as possible, by figuring out the correct change. Figure out how many of each bill or coin that you expect to get back when you pay for something. For example,…
From site: Hi, and welcome to Lemonade Stand! Your goal in this game will be to make as much money as you can within 7, 14 or 30 days. To do this, you’ve decided to open your own business —…
From site: Teach your child the value of saving and spending wisely. These games and tips will help him learn about the value of money.
Designed for children, BankSITE Kid’s Corner provides a brief guide to banking, the history of money, a savings calculator, fun facts about money, and money making ideas.
From site: Money means a lot of different things to different people. However, no matter how they view it, most people think that money should be managed effectively. But thinking is not doing, as so many of us have found…