There were about 40 other exhibitors at the Jump$tart National Educator Conference in DC this weekend. Many were old faces, such as Advantage Publications, which makes the popular financial calculators. A few newer folks included: Moonjar, with a neat habit-inducing product to teach kids to save, spend and share; Lucas Remmerswaal’s 13 Habits that underline the importance of decency, learning, and communication around money; sort of a Stephen Covey meets Warren Buffet project for kids; and BizKids a public television show that highlights entrepreneurial kids.
The Financial Services Roundtable provided a goldmine of a list (compiled with the help of Operation HOPE) of 36 free, comprehensive financial education curricula that exist today. It’s sort of mind-blowing to look at the number of programs, while not even looking at the variety of other financial literacy materials.
Curriculum | Languages | Grade Level | Provider |
The Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future | English | 8th-12th | The Actuarial Foundation |
AFSAEF MoneySKILL, Internet Personal Finance Course | English | 11th-12th; College & young adult | American Financial Services Association Education Foundation |
Bank at School: A Teachers Guide for Comprehensive Learning | English | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-5th |
Louisiana Bankers Association |
Bank It | English, Spanish | 6th-12th | Search Institute and Capital One |
Banking Is | English | 11th-12th | GreenPath, Inc. |
Banking on Our Future (BOOF) |
English | 4th-12th | Operation HOPE, Inc. |
Banzai | English | 6th-12th; college & young adult | Banzai, A service of Kendagriff, LLC |
Building Wealth: A Beginner’s Guide To Securing Your Financial Future | English, Spanish | 9th-12th; College & young adult | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
The Centsables | English | 3rd-6th | DNA Creative |
Citi Financial Education Curriculum |
English, Spanish | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-12th; College & young adult |
Citi |
Common Cents | English | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-2nd |
United States Mint |
Dollars + Sense | English | K-12th | City National Bank |
EconEdLink | English | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-12th |
Council for Economic Education |
EverFi | English | 9th-12th | EverFi, Inc. |
The Family Economics and Financial Education Project |
English | 7th-12th; College & young adult | The Family Economics and Financial Education Project |
Feed the Pig for Tweens | English | 4th-6th | American Institute of CPAs and The Advertising Council |
Financial Education Challenge |
English | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-12th |
Do Something |
Financial Literacy: TEACH IT! | English | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-12th |
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board |
Financial Management/Consumerism Materials | English | 9th-12th; College & young adult | Phillip Roy, Inc. |
Get Smart About Credit Resource Kit |
English | 8th-12th | ABA Education Foundation |
Hands on Banking / El futuro en tus manos | English, Spanish | 3rd-12th; College & young adult | Wells Fargo Foundation |
Insurance Curriculum Online | English | 8th-12th; College & young adult | Griffith Insurance Education Foundation |
Investing For Your Future | English | 9th-11th; College & young adult | Rutgers Cooperative Extension |
JA Banks in Action | English, Spanish | 9th-12th | JA Worldwide Junior Achievement |
JA Personal Finance | English | 9th-12th | JA Worldwide Junior Achievement |
Kids, Cash, Plastic and You | English | 3rd-12th; College & young adult | Master Card International |
Money Math: Lessons for Life | English | 6th-10th | U.S. Department of the Treasury |
Money Matters | English | Pre-school & kindergarten; 1st-5th |
United States Mint |
Money Matters: Make it Count | English | 6th-12th | Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation |
Money Smart | English, Chinese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese | College & young adult |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
NEFE High School Financial Planning Program |
English, Spanish | 9th-12th | National Endowment for Financial Education |
Personal Finance | English | 9th-12th; College & young adult | Flatworld Knowledge Inc |
Personal Finance Program: Taking Control of Your Financial Future | English, Spanish | 9th-12th | The Muriel F. Siebert Foundation |
Practical Money Skills for Life Curriculum, Tools and Resources | English, Spanish | Pre-school & kindergarten, 1st-12th, College & young adult |
Visa |
The Stock Market Game | English | 3rd-12th; College & young adult | SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education |
TD Bank WOW!Zone | English | K-12th | TD Bank |
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy: National Educator Conference | English | Pre- kindergarten through 12th | Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy |
The Jump$tart Teacher Training Alliance | English | K-12th | Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy |
Financial Literacy Resource Directory |
English | Pre- kindergarten through college-age youth and beyond | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
Jump$tart Clearinghouse | English | Pre- kindergarten through college-age youth | Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy |
MyMoney.gov | English, Spanish | Pre- kindergarten through college-age youth and beyond | Financial Literacy and Education Commission (FLEC) |