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.
From site: Launched in 1997, the site provides tools to help parents as well as educators teach children to manage money wisely and develop good financial habits: the building blocks for a secure future. Given the current rate of savings…
From site: The Financial Football Training Camp is a lesson plan that will help you teach important financial literacy skills to your students. The four modules, each designed to teach in a 45 minute class, cover skills and information that…
Students can practice adding coins and dollars in an interactive quiz format. You can customize the quiz for type of money (USA, Canadian, Euro), level of difficulty, number of problems, and timed or untimed up to 30 minutes.
From site: Whether you’re “on assignment” or just browsing the Web, this set of 38 Understanding Taxes student lessons has something for everyone. Divided into two content areas the Hows of Taxes and the Whys of Taxes The Hows…
View and manipulate graphic demonstrations of loan amoritzation, sales tax, compound interest and investment leverage to name of few. The Wolfram Demonstrations Project offers free downloadable demonstrations of 40 finance and economics topics.
The Federal Reserve offers resources for teachers and parents who are helping students learn about handling money, economics, and our Federal Reserve-based economic system. High school students can take part in the Euro Challenge to learn about the European Union and…
From site: Pick the item that you would like to buy. Then choose the correct amount of coins you need to pay for that item. This game has 10 questions.
A set of coins is displayed in order from highest to lowest denomination. The student counts the value of the coins and enters it in the box. After several problems are solved, they’re entertained by a brief cartoon. The front…