Elementary and middle school teachers play a vital role in helping youth develop the basic financial literacy understanding and skills they will need as they begin making more complex financial decisions during their high school, college, and adult years.
The Kid’s Cash Kit and Caboodle materials provide teachers and parents with simple yet effective resources to teach students, in a hands-on manner, respect for money’s three distinct purposes: spending, saving and sharing. The New York Credit Union Foundation (NYCUF) carries on this wise tradition by encouraging money exploration and individual creativity with the Kid’s Cash Moneyboxes. Teachers can use the Moneyboxes and related materials to help students learn how to establish goals, use money (save, spend, share) received from allowances, gifts, and odd jobs, develop basic financial planning and budgeting skills and learn about the importance of giving back to their community (e.g., volunteering).
New York State credit unions are outstanding financial education resources for teachers, and are willing to provide materials and visit classrooms to discuss various financial education topics. Click here to learn more about credit unions and locate a credit union in your area.
In addition to the Kid’s Cash Kit and Caboodle materials, some other resources for teachers include the Jump$tart Coalition Web site, the Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide Web site, and the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission My Money for Kids Web site.
The New York Credit Union Foundation (NYCUF) has also assembled a listing of various financial literacy Internet resources.
