April 17, 2023
A team of educators from across the country and around the globe joined the ChooseFI Foundation to create the PreK–12 Financial Literacy Curriculum to help students become ready for life after graduation. The curriculum is totally free, easy to implement, and easy to adapt. Each unit includes ways to provide additional support and scaffolding, as well as extension and enrichment opportunities, for PreK–12 students.
PreK learners immerse themselves in social–emotional play opportunities, songs, children’s books, and projects to learn early numeracy and literacy concepts. Kindergarteners explore foundational financial literacy concepts, such as needs versus wants and savings, in real-world settings, through collaboration, sharing, and teamwork.
First graders dive into money concepts, such as debt, credit, and budgeting, with hands-on play, collaboration, and discussion to get interested in financial concepts at a young age. Second graders build on their financial foundation by exploring unit pricing, safety, risk, spending, saving, entrepreneurship, and other topics that meet them where they are as young learners. And late elementary students review money basics and then explore advanced concepts, such as investing and retirement, through hands-on activities, projects, and assessments.
Middle schoolers cultivate skills for high school and beyond by engaging in lessons and projects, such as money interviews, geared toward the social nature of learners in grades 6–8. And high schoolers fine-tune the skills and habits needed to be successful in adulthood with a curriculum that promotes responsible and wealth-building money management.