Economic Literacy Conference

Financial Fitness for Life

Bring Financial Fitness for Life to your entire school district! The center will present free after-school workshops (four hour minimum) to groups of ten teachers (or more) from the same grade-band (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). Training, a teacher guide, a student workbook, a parent workbook, a CD-ROM, and refreshments will all be provided free of charge. We have funding to offer only ten workshops, so call 516-5248 to reserve your spot soon.

Financial Fitness for Life Pocket Power Good habits begin early in life. Start your K-2 students on a plan to lead them to financial health.
Sixteen lessons divided into the five theme areas of earning an income, saving, spending, borrowing, and managing money, are found in the K-2 curriculum, Pocket Power. Each lesson, if fully implemented, will generally take two class periods. Most lessons include two to three major activities besides the Warm-up (introduction) and the Cool Down (summary and review). The activities are categorized as those suitable for all students at grades K-2 and those that may be challenging for some students at the K-2 level.

Financial Fitness for Life Steps to Financial Fitness Steps to Financial Fitness allows your 3-5 students to continue their pace toward financial literacy.
Fifteen lessons, divided into the four theme areas of earning an income, saving, spending and borrowing, and managing money—are found in Steps to Financial Fitness. Nine lessons are estimated to take one to two class periods. The other six generally take between 2 to 4 class periods. The activities are categorized as those that are suitable for all students at grades 3-5 and those that may be challenging for some students at the 3-5 grade level.

Financial Fitness for Life Shaping Up Your Financial Future Here are more exercises to keep 6-8 students from getting financially flabby.
The 17 lessons in the 6-8 document are divided into five theme areas: the economic way of thinking, earning an income, saving, spending and using credit, and managing money. Most of the lessons have several parts—taking two to three days to complete. Each lesson has a separate assessment component with evaluation activities ranging from paper-and-pencil quizzes to action-oriented tasks for students to do individually or in a group.

Financial Fitness for Life Bringing Home the Gold Feel the success! Your high school students will be prepared for their financial future.
The 22 lessons in the 9-12 document are divided into five theme areas—the economic way of thinking, earning an income, saving, spending and borrowing, and managing money. Most of the lessons are estimated to take one class period; some may take up to two class periods. The lessons in each theme area can be used sequentially; each can also be used alone.

Talking to Your Kids About Personal Finance Don't go it alone. Parents are the best coaches. Talking to Your Kids about Personal Finance provides parents with ideas and activities to reinforce the concepts their children are learning in the classroom.