Personal Finance

Teaching Financial Literacy Through Play

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Copies: 8

It may only be play money, but the games in this book can help students better understand how important financial literacy is in their real lives. Play-based lesson plans in the book cover topics including spending and saving, risk assessment, and return on investment using fast-paced board and card games. A larger capstone game pulls together all of the concepts in a market-driven game that places students in the role of stockholders investing in and managing train companies. Who will use financial savvy to turn the biggest profit?

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Teaching Financial Literacy Through Play

Making Money: Rosen Real Readers (Unabridged)

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Financial literacy can start at an early age, leading to a lifetime of benefits. Here's a children's book on the all-important topic of how to make money.

Author: 
Roland Graham
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:03
Making Money: Rosen Real Readers (Unabridged)

Stash That Cash: Budgeting (Saving and Investing for Teens) (2006)

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A teen with a job faces all kinds of decisions about how to use that paycheck: go out to dinner or save for a car? A new iPod or college tuition? Spring break at the beach or a long-term investment? Program introduces the concepts of money management and financial planning for the future in a fun, easy-to-understand manner.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:21
Stash That Cash: Budgeting (Saving and Investing for Teens)

Your Life, Your Money (2009)

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Filled with straightforward information and practical guidance, YOUR LIFE, YOUR MONEY, empowers young adults to get their financial life on track and "give purpose to every penny."

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:00
Your Life, Your Money

Saving, Spending & Investing Money (2005)

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Discover the truth about money, its history and how the use of money through saving, spending, earning and investing is the backbone of our economy. Learn how hard work, budgeting, and good decision-making are the keys to be able to buy the things you need and want.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Saving, Spending & Investing Money