We undertake an iterative development process for every product we create. Extensive research, design, and feedback helps us develop the highest caliber product with the goal of creating opportunities for individuals to develop financial knowledge, attitudes, and decision-making skills essential to achieving financial well-being.
Financial Education Should Be Taught in Elementary School
Today’s students are growing up in a financially turbulent and challenging world. Preparing them for success means helping them develop the skills to navigate our complex financial landscape and make informed decisions. We are tasked with setting them up to become empowered stewards of their financial futures.
To make this a reality, we cannot pass up a major opportunity to best prepare our students. We must begin financial education in elementary school.
Why do we need to start there?
Financial Education Family Kits
Parents are the single most influential factor in how children learn about money and parent–child interactions have a tremendous impact on a child’s financial socialization. Financial Education Family Kits are designed to foster thoughtful exchanges around money between parents/guardians and their children in Grades K-6. Each kit contains four unique, fun, and age-appropriate activities carefully curated to intertwine executive functioning skills and content knowledge and to spark discussion and learning across a range of financial topics. The kits are sponsored by the University of Chicago Women’s Board.
My Money Journal
A financial education foundation is laid early in a child’s life, when they begin forming healthy habits that contribute to financial success. My Money Journal engages children in activities related to financial behaviors, attitudes, and skills. This tool is designed to be used by children (Grades K-6) with occasional input from family and friends.
Family Money Night
Family Money Night is designed to bring families together to engage in activities around financial education. Families will participate in and learn activities they can use to help their children develop the attitudes, skills, behavior, and knowledge needed to navigate the financial world as they grow. Activities will include a tool to help parents spark conversations about money, games families can play to help with basic numeracy, and a book families can read to promote financial socialization.
Interested? Visit our Family Money Night Interest Form.
Student Advocacy Toolkit
The Student Advocacy Toolkit provides step-by-step guidance on reaching out to your education officials, including school boards, principals, city councilmembers, and state legislators about the need for unbiased, high-quality financial education curricula and offers materials and templates for outreach on its importance.
Financial Education Advocate Toolkit
The advocacy toolkit provides parents and community members with step-by-step guidance on reaching out to your education officials about the need for unbiased, high-quality financial education curricula and offers materials and templates for outreach on its importance.
Teacher Toolkit
The Teacher Toolkit provides step-by-step guidance on reaching out to your education officials about the need for a quality financial education curriculum and offers materials and templates for outreach on its importance.
