Youth Resources

• Wisconsin Family Financial Management Tool Box
• Right on the Money: Talking Dollars and Sense with Parents and Kids, Penn State. The 3 inch notebook (ui391) is free and available for shipping until supply is gone. Call 1-877-345-0691 for shipping information.
• Admongo.gov, for kids 8 to 12, learn about advertising and marketing messages, Federal Trade Commission
• Fundamental Finance for Farmstands, a curriculum to help prepare youth to handle money in a workplace; adaptable for at-risk or special needs teens. Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension
• The Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
• NIFA - Youth Programs/Contact by State
• 4-H
  • Reading Makes Cents, a financial literacy and reading curriculum for children grades 3-5
• 4-H Financial Champions Curriculum
• Montana 4-H Financial Champions activities & training slides
• On My Own Youth Simulation information. (Contact Carol Young for CD information.)
• Welcome to the Real World Simulation (Contact Carol Young to review the CD)
• NEFE (National Endowment for Financial Education)
  • Right on the Money: Financial Know-How for College Students
• FDIC-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Reserve Education:   Links to instructional materials and tools to increase understanding of the Federal Reserve, economics and financial education. All of Fed web sites, curriculum, newsletters, booklets and other resources are free.
• Federal Reserve Bank, KC
  • Educational Resources - Youth K-12
• National Financial Capability Challenge
• ‘Thrive By Five TM:Teaching Your Preschooler About Spending and Saving’
• Kansas Council on Economic Education
• Kansas LifeSmarts
• Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
• How to Make Sure Your Kids Live Better Than You Family finance article.
• Family, Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
• Making Cents of Privilege: Activity exchange for grades 3-5 to help students understand socioeconomic issues.
• Money Talks: Financial Tools for Teens, University of California (UCR)
• North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)
• Teaching Children Money Habits for Life, University of Minnesota
• Understanding Your Paycheck and Take Charge America (includes activity), University of Arizona, June 2011
• Wealth Matters Simulation

Commercial Sites

• Make Change Count, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
• Money Instructor.  This web site includes elementary economic material for primary education, kindergarten through 6th grade.
• Money Smart Kids, weekly E-column by Janet Bodnar, author of Kiplinger's Personal Finance
• Online Games
  • Practical Money Skills (VISA) Online Games
    • Money Metropolis, ages 7-12
    • Peter Pigs Money Counter, ages 4-7
    • Financial Football
    • Financial Soccer
    • Road Trip to Savings
    • Ed's Bank