Financial Education
Providing kids with financial education can help them understand what money is and learn to make good financial choices.
Helping Kids Make Good Financial Choices with Cookie Monster
Cookie Monster’s mom knows that financial education is all about making choices. Watch Cookie Monster learn the basic concepts of saving, spending, and sharing—all with cookies!
Help kids learn the value of money by understanding what it means to save, spend, and share.
Three Jars
Spending, sharing, and saving can be fun! Learn how with an activity.
Elmo Learns to Save
Sing along to a song about saving.
Saving, Spending, Sharing
Help kids learn the value of money when they spend, share, and save.
Play Money
Use this pretend money to have some extra fun during dramatic play.
Helping Others
Help kids learn that there are plenty of ways that they can help other people, and a great way to show that they care about the community they live.
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Guest Post: Helping your child’s money skills grow
Parents and caregivers can be a powerful influence on their children’s financial future—and you don’t have to be a money expert to start them out strong.
Building Financial Skills in the Classroom
These classroom activities emphasize the key financial concepts of choices, value, and financial literacy skills: spending, saving, and sharing.
Saving, Spending, Sharing
Help kids learn the value of money when they spend, share, and save.
Money Talk
Learn how you can answer kids’ questions about money.
V Is for Value
Value can mean many different things! Talk to your child about all of them.
Making Choices
Look for ways to teach your child about making choices.
Need It or Want It?
Needs and wants are different. Kids can learn the difference from you.
Lemonade Stand
Helping Grover and Elmo run their lemonade stand to see how the value of a financial transaction is worth more than just money. Learn more here.
A Birthday Gift for Elmo
Read this story about how Cookie Monster works hard to buy Elmo a gift.
Parents, caregivers, and providers can keep the learning going! Find more topics and resources to help children build skills that lay the foundation for success in school and in life.
Learning Through Routines
Ordinary moments such as getting dressed, preparing meals, cleaning up, or bedtime offer opportunities to build math, language, and other skills that prepare kids for school.
School Readiness
Simple ways to lay the foundation for learning.
Math
Math is all around us—and both kids and grown-ups can make math fun every day!
