Teaching Money Management Skills

Financial Literacy Resources

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICIPA")'s website, 360 degrees of Financial Literacy: Your Money, Your Life has some specific suggestions for parents who want to give their children a solid foundation for making a lifetime of financial decisions.

Banking On Our Future -" BOOF" is Operation HOPE's financial literacy program for grades 4 through 12. Everyday thousands of youth just like you learn about the basics of banking & credit unions, checking & savings accounts, insurance, credit and investments. You, your parents and your teachers will love Banking on Our Future because it's free , FUN and info-taining.

Jump$tart's Reality Check -We want you to imagine how you want to live once you're on your own. What kind of car are you going to buy? Where are you going to live? Do you love to go to the movies or to the clubs every weekend? Remember, it's your life, you can do whatever you want...or can you?

Junior Achievement Student Center - Explore real life situations while testing your financial skills by playing Money Might—a fun and easy game that places you in the seat of a financial planner.

Test Your Knowledge...It's Quick and Easy!

 Mapping Your Future’s 12-step financial literacy online counseling session will provide you with some basic financial knowledge that will guide you on the path to financial success.

Updated October 21, 2012