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ChooseFI PreK-12 
Curriculum

Students need to be ready for life after graduation.

As young adults, they need to know how to determine needs versus wants, delay gratification, put together a budget, avoid debt, and maximize savings.

There's a problem.

Many students aren’t getting any of this much-needed training in school. In fact, according to the Council for Economic Education 2020 Survey of the States, only 21 states require high school students to take a course in personal finance.

We are here to help you solve it. We know educators want things to be different, and we also know it's hard to know where to start. From finding current and credible resources to creating engaging and memorable lessons, it's a big task.

The ChooseFI Foundation is ready to help.

A team of educators from across the country and around the globe joined the ChooseFI Foundation to create our PreK-12 Financial Literacy Curriculum.

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.

Let's make financial literacy the foundation of the next generation's future.

Resources for Educators & Home Schoolers

Pre-K Financial Literacy Curriculum

PreK learners immerse themselves in social-emotional play opportunities, songs, childrenā€™s books, and projects to learn early numeracy and literacy concepts.

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Kindergarten Financial Literacy Curriculum

Kindergarteners explore foundational financial literacy concepts, such as needs versus wants and saving, in real world settings through collaboration, sharing, and teamwork.

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1st Grade Financial Literacy Curriculum

1st graders dive into money concepts like debit, credit, and budgeting with hands-on play, collaboration, and discussion to get interested in financial concepts at a young age.

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2nd Grade Financial Literacy Curriculum

2nd graders build on their financial foundation by exploring unit pricing, safety, risk, spending, saving, entrepreneurship, and other money topics that meet them where they are as young learners.

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3rd-5th Grade Financial Literacy Curriculum

Ā Late elementary students review money basics and then explore advanced concepts, such as investing and retirement, through hands-on activities, projects, and assessments.

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6th-8th Grade Financial Literacy Curriculum

Middle schoolers cultivate skills for high school and beyond by engaging in lessons and projects, like our money interviews, geared toward the social nature of 6-8 learners.

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9th-12th Grade Financial Literacy Curriculum

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.

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Presented by the PreK-12 Education Team

Lindsay N. Giroux

Lead, Pre-K Writing Team

Danielle Mendonsa

Lead, Elementary School Writing Team 

Mandy Bert

Lead, Middle School Writing Team

Rob Phelan 

Lead, High School Writing Team

Curriculum Contributors

Pre-K

WRITING TEAM
Lindsay Giroux

Elementary School

WRITING TEAM
Danielle Mendonsa
Jenna Reich
Kelli Thompson

REVIEW TEAM
Denise Radecke
Yuki Yano
Steven Harms
Jenna Reich

Middle School

WRITING TEAM
Mandy Bert
Scott Barrett
Nancy Bachety
Brian Barfoot
Tamar Snyder
Sean Guerrero McCormick
Hemang Srikishan

REVIEW TEAM
Stephanie Belbis
Diana Falck
Zachary Holz
Craig Mills
Ryan Moran

High School

WRITING TEAM
Rob Phelan
Miriam Giardina
Shaun Nesheim
Tom Lewandowski

REVIEW TEAM
Jolie Viguers
Yuki Yano
Denise Radecke
Jesse Carillo
Zachary Holz